Chapter 6

6AndIsawwhentheLambopenedoneoftheseals,andIheardoneofthefourbeastssaying,asitwerethevoiceofthunder,Come.
2AndIsaw,andbeholdawhitehorse:andhethatsatonhimhadabow;andacrownwasgivenuntohim:andhewentforthconquering,andtoconquer.
3Andwhenhehadopenedthesecondseal,Iheardthesecondbeastsay,Come.
4Andtherewentoutanotherhorsethatwasfiery-red:anditwasgiventohimthatsatuponittotakepeacefromtheearth,andthattheyshouldkilloneanother:andtherewasgivenuntohimagreatsword.
5Andwhenhehadopenedthethirdseal,Iheardthethirdbeastsay,Come.AndIbeheld,andlo,ablackhorse;andhethatsatonhimhadapairofbalancesinhishand.
6AndIheardavoiceinthemidstofthefourbeastssay,Ameasureofwheatforadenarius,andthreemeasuresofbarleyforadenarius;andseeyouhurtnottheoilandthewine.
7Andwhenhehadopenedthefourthseal,Iheardthevoiceofthefourthbeastsay,Come.
8AndIlooked,andbeholdapalehorse:andhisname,thatsatonhim,wasDeath,andHellfollowedwithhim.Andpowerwasgivenuntothemoverthefourthpartoftheearth,tokillwithsword,andwithhunger,andwithdeath,andwiththebeastsoftheearth.
9Andwhenhehadopenedthefifthseal,IsawunderthealtarthesoulsofthemwhowereslainforthewordofGod,andforthetestimonywhichtheyheld:
10Andtheycriedwithagreatvoice,saying,OLord,holyandtrue,howlongwillyounotjudgeandavengeourbloodonthosewhodwellontheearth?
11Anduntoeveryoneofthemweregivenwhiterobes;anditwassaiduntothem,thattheyshouldrestyetforasmallseason,untiltheirfellowservantsalsoandtheirbrethren,whoshouldbekilledastheywere,shouldbefulfilled.
12AndIbeheldwhenhehadopenedthesixthseal,and,lo,therewasagreatearthquake;andthesunbecameblackassackclothofhair,andthemoonbecameasblood;
13Andthestarsofheavenfelluntotheearth,evenasafigtreecastsheruntimelyfigs,whensheisshakenofagreatwind.
14Andtheheavendepartedasascrollwhenitisrolledtogether;andeverymountainandislandwasmovedoutoftheirplaces.
15Andthekingsoftheearth,andthegreatmen,andthechiefcaptains,andtherichmen,andthestrongmen,andeverybondman,andeveryfreeman,hidthemselvesinthecavesandintherocksofthemountains;
16Andsaidtothemountainsandrocks,Fallonus,andhideusfromthefaceofhimwhositsonthethrone,andfromthewrathoftheLamb:
17Forthegreatdayoftheirwrathiscome;andwhoshallbeabletostand?