Rev 6 | ESV | STEP | Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals , and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder , Come !

1 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of ^athe seven seals, and I heard ^bone of the four living creatures say ^cwith a voice like thunder, ^d“Come!” 2 And I looked, and behold, ^ea white horse! And ^fits rider had a bow, and ^ga crown was given to him, and he came out ^hconquering, and to conquer.

3 When he opened the second seal, I heard ⁱthe second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, ^jbright red. Its rider was permitted ^kto take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the ^lthird living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, ^ma black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, ⁿ“A quart ^{▼▼Greek choinix, a dry measure equal to about a quart} of wheat for a denarius, ^{▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer} and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and ^qdo not harm the oil and wine!”

7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of ^rthe fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 And I looked, and behold, ^sa pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill ^twith sword and with famine and with pestilence and ^uby wild beasts of the earth.

9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under ^vthe altar ^wthe souls of those who had been slain ^xfor the word of God and for ^ythe witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, ^zholy and true, ^aahow long ^abbefore you will judge and ^acavenge our blood on ^adthose who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given ^aea white robe and ^aftold to rest a little longer, ^aguntil the number of their fellow servants ^{▼▼Greek fellow bondservants} and their brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} ^ajshould be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, ^akthere was a great earthquake, and ^althe sun became black as ^amsackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and ^anthe stars of the sky fell to the earth ^aoas the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 ^apThe sky vanished ^aqlike a scroll that is being rolled up, and ^arevery mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave ^{▼▼Or servant; Greek bondservant} and free, ^athid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 ^aucalling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of ^avhim who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for ^awthe great day of their wrath has come, and ^axwho can stand?”