Chapter 6

6AndIsawwhentheLambopenedoneofthesevenseals,andIheardoneofthefourcreaturessaying,asitwerethevoiceofthunder,Come.
2AndIsaw,andbeholdawhitehorse:andhethatsatonhimhadabow;andacrownwasgivenuntohim:andhewentforthconquering,andtoconquer.
3Andwhenhehadopenedthesecondseal,Iheardthesecondcreaturesay,Come.
4Andtherewentoutanotherhorsethatwasfiery-red:anditwasgiventohimthatsatuponittotakepeacefromtheearth,andthattheyshouldslayoneanother:andtherewasgivenuntohimagreatshort-sword.
5Andwhenhehadopenedthethirdseal,Iheardthethirdcreaturesay,Come.AndIbeheld,andlo,ablackhorse;andhethatsatonhimhadapairofbalancesinhishand.
6AndIheardasitwereavoiceinthemidstofthefourcreaturessay,Ameasureofwheatforadenarius,andthreemeasuresofbarleyforadenarius;andseeyouhurtnottheoilandthewine.
7Andwhenhehadopenedthefourthseal,Iheardthevoiceofthefourthcreaturesay,Come.
8AndIlooked,andbeholdagreenhorse:andhisname,thatsatonhim,wasDeath,andHellfollowedwithhim.Andpowerwasgivenuntothemoverthefourthpartoftheearth,tokillwithsword,andwithhunger,andwithdeath,andwiththebeastsoftheearth.
9Andwhenhehadopenedthefifthseal,IsawunderthealtarthelivesᵖofthemwhowereslainforthewordofGod,andforthetestimonywhichtheyheld:
10Andtheycriedwithagreatvoice,saying,OLord,holyandtrue,howlongwillyounotjudgeandavengeourbloodonthosewhodwellontheearth?
11Anduntoeveryoneofthemwasgivenawhiterobe;anditwassaiduntothem,thattheyshouldrestyetforasmallseason,untiltheirfellowservantsalsoandtheirbrethren,whoshouldbekilledastheywere,shouldbefulfilled.
12AndIbeheldwhenhehadopenedthesixthseal,and,therewasagreatearthquake;andthesunbecameblackassackclothofhair,andthewholemoonbecameasblood;
13Andthestarsofheavenfelluntotheearth,evenasafigtreecastsheruntimelyfigs,whensheisshakenofagreatwind.
14Andtheheavendepartedasascrollwhenitisrolledtogether;andeverymountainandislandwasmovedoutoftheirplaces.
15Andthekingsoftheearth,andthegreatmen,andthechiefcaptains,andtherichmen,andthemightymen,andeverybondman,andfreeman,hidthemselvesinthecavesandintherocksofthemountains;
16Andsaidtothemountainsandrocks,Fallonus,andhideusfromthefaceofhimwhositsonthethrone,andfromthewrathoftheLamb:
17Forthegreatdayoftheirwrathiscome;andwhoshallbeabletostand?