Revelation 6:1-8

The Voice

6 Then I saw the Lamb break the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures call out with a thundering voice.

² Then I looked, and what a sight! There was a white horse carrying a rider with a bow. He wore a wreath and came riding like a conqueror, intent on complete victory.

³ The Lamb broke the second seal, and the second living creature called out.

⁴ Then another horse, fiery red, sped forth. Its rider was granted the power to steal peace from the earth and received a large sword so that people would slaughter each other.

⁵ The Lamb broke the third seal, and the third living creature called out.

Then I looked; and behold, there was a black horse! Its rider held in his hand a balance scale. ⁶ And I heard a voice emanating from the middle of the four living creatures.

⁷ And when the Lamb broke the fourth seal, the fourth living creature called out.

⁸ I looked; and behold, there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades accompanied him. Together they were granted authority over one-fourth of the earth to kill with weapons, with famine, with disease, and with wild animals that roamed the earth.