Then I saw when the ^aLamb broke one of the ^bseven seals, and I heard one of the ^cfour living creatures saying as with a ^dvoice of thunder, “Come¹!” 2 I looked, and behold, a ^awhite horse, and the one who sat on it had a bow; and ^ba crown was given to him, and he went out ^cconquering and to conquer.

3 When He broke the second seal, I heard the ^asecond living creature saying, “Come¹!” 4 And another, ^aa red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to ^btake peace from the earth, and that people would kill one another; and a large sword was given to him.

5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the ^athird living creature saying, “Come¹!” I looked, and behold, a ^bblack horse, and the one who sat on it had a ^cpair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard something like a voice in the center of the ^afour living creatures saying, “A ¹quart of wheat for a ²denarius, and three ³quarts of barley for a ⁴denarius; and ^bdo not damage the oil and the wine.”

7 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^afourth living creature saying, “Come¹!” 8 I looked, and behold, ¹an ^aashen horse; and the one who sat on it had the name ^bDeath, and ^cHades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^dto kill with sword, and famine, and ²plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw ^aunderneath the ^baltar the ^csouls of those who had been killed ^dbecause of the word of God, and because of the ^etestimony which they had maintained; 10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^aHow long, O ^1bLord, ^choly and true, ²will You refrain from ^djudging and avenging our blood on ^ethose who live on the earth?” 11 And a ^awhite robe was given to each of them; and they were told that they were to ^brest for a little while longer, ^cuntil the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, was ^dcompleted also.

12 And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great ^aearthquake; and the ^bsun became as black as ^csackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13 and ^athe stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^bas a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. 14 ^aThe sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^bevery mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then ^athe kings of the earth and the eminent people, and the commanders and the wealthy and the strong, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16 and they *^asaid to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the ¹sight of Him ^bwho sits on the throne, and from the ^cwrath of the Lamb; 17 for ^athe great day of Their wrath has come, and ^bwho is able to stand?”