⁴ And another horse— a fire-red one— went out. And to the one sitting on it, authority was given to him to take the peace^[a] from the earth, and^[b] that they will slay one another. And a great sword was given to him.

⁵ And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third living-creature saying, “Come”. And I saw, and behold— there was a black horse, and the one sitting on it holding a balance-scale in his hand.

⁷ And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living-creature saying, “Come”. ⁸ And I saw, and behold— there was a pale-green horse, and the one sitting on it. Death was the name for him. And Hades was following with him. And authority^[a] was given to them over a fourth of the earth^[b], to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild-beasts of the earth.