Revelation 6:7
New International Version
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

New Living Translation
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living being say, “Come!”

English Standard Version
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

Berean Standard Bible
And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

Berean Literal Bible
And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"

King James Bible
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

New King James Version
When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.”

New American Standard Bible
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!”

NASB 1995
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.”

NASB 1977
And when He broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.”

Amplified Bible
When He (the Lamb) broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, “Come.”

Christian Standard Bible
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come! ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

American Standard Version
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

Contemporary English Version
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come out!"

English Revised Version
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When the lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Go!"

Good News Translation
Then the Lamb broke open the fourth seal; and I heard the fourth living creature say, "Come!"

International Standard Version
When the lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Go!"

Majority Standard Bible
And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come and see!”

NET Bible
Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"

New Heart English Bible
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come."

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, Come and see.

Weymouth New Testament
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come."

World English Bible
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see!”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and behold!”

Berean Literal Bible
And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"

Young's Literal Translation
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, 'Come and behold!'

Smith's Literal Translation
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come and see.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature, saying: Come, and see.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying: “Draw near and see.”

New American Bible
When he broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature cry out, “Come forward.”

New Revised Standard Version
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, “Come!”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth beast saying, Come and see.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of a Beast saying, “Come.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, Come and see.

Godbey New Testament
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

Haweis New Testament
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being saying, Come and see.

Mace New Testament
When he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal say, "come and see."

Weymouth New Testament
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come."

Worrell New Testament
And, when He opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come."

Worsley New Testament
And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal saying, Come and see.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Fourth Seal: Death
6And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.” 7And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.…

Cross References
Zechariah 6:3
the third white horses, and the fourth dappled horses—all of them strong.

Zechariah 6:6
The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”

Zechariah 1:8
I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

Ezekiel 14:21
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

Matthew 24:7
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Matthew 24:21
For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

Jeremiah 15:3
I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

Leviticus 26:22
I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.

2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

Daniel 7:23
This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it.

Luke 21:11
There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

Luke 21:25-26
There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. / Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Isaiah 34:2
The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.

Isaiah 66:16
For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

Hosea 13:7-8
So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. / Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.


Treasury of Scripture

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

See on ver.

Revelation 6:1,3,5
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see…

Revelation 4:7
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

Jump to Previous
Beast Broke Creature Ears Fourth Heard Lamb Opened Seal Stamp Undone Voice
Jump to Next
Beast Broke Creature Ears Fourth Heard Lamb Opened Seal Stamp Undone Voice
Revelation 6
1. The First Seal: Rider on White Horse
3. The Second Seal: War
5. The Third Seal: Famine
7. The Fourth Seal: Death
9. The Fifth Seal: Martyrs
12. The Sixth Seal: Terror














And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal
The "Lamb" refers to Jesus Christ, depicted as the sacrificial Lamb who is worthy to open the seals of the scroll, a symbol of divine authority and revelation. The imagery of the Lamb is deeply rooted in the sacrificial system of the Old Testament, particularly the Passover lamb, which prefigures Christ's atoning sacrifice. The "fourth seal" is part of a series of judgments that unfold in the book of Revelation, each seal revealing a new aspect of God's plan for the end times. The opening of the seals signifies the unveiling of divine mysteries and the progression of God's redemptive history.

I heard the voice of the fourth living creature
The "voice" here is significant as it represents divine communication. The "fourth living creature" is one of the four living beings described in Revelation 4:6-8, which are often interpreted as angelic beings or representations of creation that surround the throne of God. These creatures are full of eyes, symbolizing their awareness and vigilance, and they play a role in the worship and execution of God's will. The number four often symbolizes universality or completeness in biblical numerology, suggesting that these creatures have a comprehensive role in God's creation.

say, 'Come!'
The command "Come!" is a summons that initiates the next phase of the apocalyptic vision. This imperative is not just a call to witness but an invitation to participate in the unfolding of God's plan. The Greek word used here, "ἔρχου" (erchou), is a present imperative, indicating an immediate and ongoing action. This call is both a directive to the rider of the fourth horse and an invitation to the reader to engage with the prophetic vision. The command underscores the authority of God over the events of history and the certainty of His purposes being fulfilled. Theologically, it reminds believers of the sovereignty of God and the assurance that, despite the chaos of the end times, God's ultimate plan is one of redemption and restoration.

(7, 8) The fourth seal.--And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being, saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a horse, pallid (or, livid), and he that sat upon him his name was Death, and Hades was following with him; and there was given to them power over the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth. The colour pallid, or livid, is that deadly greenish hue, which is the unmistakable token of the approach of death. The rider is Death--not a particular form of death, but Death himself. Attending him, ready to gather up the slain, is Hades. The fourth seal is the darkest and most terrible. Single forms of death (war and famine) were revealed in the earlier seals; now the great King of Terrors himself appears, and in his hand are gathered all forms of death--war, famine, pestilence (for the second time the word "death" is used: it must be taken in a subordinate sense, as a particular form of death, such as plague, or pestilence; we may compare the use of the word "death" thus applied to some special disease, in the case of The Death, or Black Death), and wild beasts. These forms of death correspond with God's four sore judgments--the sword, and famine, and pestilence, and the noisome beasts of Ezekiel 14:21. The seal, therefore, gathers up into one all the awfulness of the past seals. It is the central seal, and it is the darkest. It is the midnight of sorrows, where all seems given up to the sovereignty of death. The middle things of life are often dark. Midway between the wicket-gate and golden city Bunyan placed his valley of the shadow of death, following the hint of the Psalmist, who placed it midway between the pasture and the house of the Lord (Psalms 23). Dante, perhaps working from the same hint, found his obscure wood and wanderings midway along the road of life:--

"In the midway of this our mortal life

I found me in a gloomy wood, astray."

The darkest periods of the Church's history were those we call the Middle Ages. By this, however, it is not meant that there is any chronological signification in the seal. The vision deepens in its central scene, like the horror of darkness in the dream of Abraham. The history of the Church has not unfrequently presented a sort of parallel. The age which follows the ages of barren dogmatism and of spiritual starvation is often an age of sham spiritual life. The pale horse of death is the parody of the white horse of victory: the form of godliness remains, the power is gone.

Verse 7. - And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say; when he opened, as in vers. l, 3, and 5. The events narrated accompany the action of opening the seal. Of the fourth living being (see on Revelation 4:6). The individual is not specified (see on ver. 1); but Wordsworth specifies the living being like a flying eagle, by which he understands the Gospel of St. John (but see on Revelation 4:6). Saying. Though λέγουσαν, the feminine accusative, to agree with φωνήν, "voice," is adopted in the Textus Receptus, and supported by the sole authority of 1, yet א, A, B, C, P, and others read λέγοντος, the masculine genitive, agreeing with ζώου, "living being." Come and see. The Revised Version omits "and see" (see on ver. 1). "Come" is probably addressed to St. John (see on ver. 1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

when
ὅτε (hote)
Adverb
Strong's 3753: When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When.

[the Lamb] opened
ἤνοιξεν (ēnoixen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 455: To open. From ana and oigo; to open up.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

fourth
τετάρτην (tetartēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5067: Fourth. Ordinal from tessares; fourth.

seal,
σφραγῖδα (sphragida)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4973: Probably strengthened from phrasso; a signet; by implication, the stamp impressed, literally or figuratively.

I heard
ἤκουσα (ēkousa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

[the] voice
φωνὴν (phōnēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

fourth
τετάρτου (tetartou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 5067: Fourth. Ordinal from tessares; fourth.

living creature
ζῴου (zōou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2226: An animal, living creature. Neuter of a derivative of zao; a live thing, i.e. An animal.

say,
λέγοντος (legontos)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“Come!”
Ἔρχου (Erchou)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.


Links
Revelation 6:7 NIV
Revelation 6:7 NLT
Revelation 6:7 ESV
Revelation 6:7 NASB
Revelation 6:7 KJV

Revelation 6:7 BibleApps.com
Revelation 6:7 Biblia Paralela
Revelation 6:7 Chinese Bible
Revelation 6:7 French Bible
Revelation 6:7 Catholic Bible

NT Prophecy: Revelation 6:7 When he opened the fourth seal (Rev. Re Apocalypse)
Revelation 6:6
Top of Page
Top of Page