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Revelation 6 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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The Seven Seals

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:1 - Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:2 - And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:3 - When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:4 - And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:5 - When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:6 - And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart[fn] of wheat for a denarius,[fn] and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:7 - When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:8 - And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:9 - When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:10 - They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:11 - Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers[fn] should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:12 - When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:13 - and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:14 - The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave[fn] and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:16 - calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:17 - for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
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ESV Footnotes
Greek choinix, a dry measure equal to about a quart
A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer
Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
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Revelation Chapter 6 — Additional Translations:

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