The First Seal: The White Horse 1And I saw when the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures speaking, like a voice of thunder, Come. 2And I saw, and behold, a white horse: and the one sitting on him having a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and that he might conquer. The Second Seal: War 3And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come. 4And there went out a red horse: and to him sitting on him it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they shall slay one another: and a great sword was given him. The Third Seal: Famine 5And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw; and behold a black horse; and the one sitting on him having a balance in his hand. 6And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a denarion, and three measures of barley for a denarion; and hurt not the oil and the wine. The Fourth Seal: Death 7And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come. 8And I saw, and behold a livid horse: and the one sitting on him, to him the name was Death, and Hades followed along with him: and power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to slay with the sword, and with famine, and with death, and with the wild beasts of the earth. The Fifth Seal: The Martyrs 9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw beneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain on account of the word of God, and the testimony which they had. 10And they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood from those who dwell upon the earth? 11And a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them, that they should wait a little while, until their fellow-servants and brethren, who are about to be slain as they were should be fulfilled. The Sixth Seal: Terror 12And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the full moon became like blood; 13and the stars of the heaven fell upon the earth, as a fig-tree casting her unripe figs, when shaken by a mighty wind; 14and the heaven rolled away as a book is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15And the kings of the earth, and the mighty men, and the chiliarchs, and the rich men, and the mighty men, and every slave, and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the one sitting upon the throne, and the wrath of the Lamb: 17because the great day of their wrath has come; and who is able to stand? The Godbey New Testament (1902) Digital Text Courtesy TheWord.net Bible Software. Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible. |