Chapter 6

6AndIsawwhentheLambopenedoneofthesevenseals,andIheardoneofthefourcreaturessaying,asitwereavoiceofthunder,“Come.”
2AndIsaw,andbehold,awhitehorse,andhewhosatonhimhadabow;andacrownwasgivenuntohim,andhewentoutovercoming,andtoovercome.
3Andwhenhehadopenedthesecondseal,Iheardthesecondcreaturesay,“Come.”
4Andtherewentoutanotherhorsethatwasfiery-red,anditwasgiventohimwhosatuponittotakethepeacefromtheearth,andthattheyshouldslayoneanother,andtherewasgivenuntohimagreatshort-sword.
5Andwhenhehadopenedthethirdseal,Iheardthethirdcreaturesay,“Come.”AndIsaw,andbehold,ablackhorse;andhewhosatonhimhadapairofbalancesinhishand.
6AndIheardasitwereavoiceinthemidstofthefourcreaturessay,“Ameasureofwheatforadenariusandthreemeasuresofbarleyforadenarius;andseeyouhurtnottheoilandthewine.”
7Andwhenhehadopenedthefourthseal,Iheardavoiceofthefourthcreaturesay,“Come.”
8AndIsaw,andbeholdagreenhorse,andhisname,whosatonhim,wasDeath,andHellfollowedwithhim.Andpowerwasgivenuntothemoverthefourthpartoftheearth,tokillwithsword,andwithfamine,andwithdeath,andwiththebeastsoftheearth.
9Andwhenhehadopenedthefifthseal,IsawunderthealtarthelivesᵖofthemwhowereslainforthewordofGodandforthetestimonywhichtheyheld:
10andtheycriedwithagreatvoice,saying,“OMaster,holyandtrue,howlongwillyounotjudgeandavengeourbloodonthosewhodwellontheearth?”
11Anduntoeveryoneofthemwasgivenawhiterobe;anditwassaiduntothem,thattheyshouldrestyetforasmallseason,untiltheirfellowservantsalsoandtheirbrethren,whowereabouttobekilledastheywere,shouldbecomplete.
12AndIsawwhenhehadopenedthesixthseal,andtherewasagreatearthquake;andthesunbecameblackassackclothofhair,andthewholemoonbecameasblood;
13andthestarsofheavenfelluntotheearth,evenasafigtreecastsheruntimelyfigs,whensheisshakenofagreatwind.
14Andtheheavenwaspartedasascrollᵇwhenitisrolledtogether;andeverymountainandislandwasmovedoutoftheirplaces.
15Andthekingsoftheearth,andthegreatmen,andthechiefcaptains,andtherichmen,andthestrongmen,andeverybond-servant,andfreeman,hidthemselvesinthecavesandintherocksofthemountains;
16andtheysaidⁿtothemountainsandtherocks,“FallonusandhideusfromthefaceofhimwhositsonthethroneandfromthewrathoftheLamb:
17forthegreatdayoftheirwrathhascome;andwhoshallbeabletostand?”