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THE MESSAGE

Revelation 6:7

When he ripped off the fourth seal, I heard the fourth Animal cry, "Come out!" I looked. A colorless horse, sickly pale. Its rider was Death, and Hell was close on its heels. They were given power to destroy a fourth of the earth by war, famine, disease, and wild beasts.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Famine;   Horse;   Vision;   Scofield Reference Index - Remnant;   The Topic Concordance - Day of the Lord;   Seals;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Horse;   Horseman;   Number Systems and Number Symbolism;   Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beast;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Eschatology;   Horse;   Voice;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Horse;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Book;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
King James Version (1611)
And when hee had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
King James Version
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
New American Standard Bible
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"
New Century Version
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
English Standard Version
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come."
Berean Standard Bible
And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
Contemporary English Version
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come out!"
Complete Jewish Bible
When he broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, "Go!"
Darby Translation
And when it opened the fourth seal, I heard [the voice of] the fourth living creature saying, Come [and see].
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lamb opened the fourth seal. Then I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, "Come!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come & see.
George Lamsa Translation
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth beast saying, Come and see.
Good News Translation
Then the Lamb broke open the fourth seal; and I heard the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
Lexham English Bible
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice from the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"
Literal Translation
And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come and see.
Amplified Bible
When He (the Lamb) broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, "Come."
American Standard Version
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.
Bible in Basic English
And when the fourth stamp was undone, the voice of the fourth beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see.
Hebrew Names Version
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And when he had opened the FOURTH SEAL, I heard the fourth living-one, saying, Come, and see !
Murdock Translation
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth Animal say, Come, and see.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he had opened the fourth seale, I hearde the voyce of the fourth beast say, come and see.
English Revised Version
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.
World English Bible
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.
Weymouth's New Testament
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he hadde openyd the fourthe seel, Y herde a vois of the `foure beestis, seiynge, Come thou, and se.
Update Bible Version
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, Come and see.
New English Translation
Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"
New King James Version
When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see."
New Living Translation
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living being say, "Come!"
New Life Bible
He broke open the fourth lock. Then I heard the fourth living being say, "Come and see!"
New Revised Standard
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, "Come!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature, saying - Go!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying: Come and see.
Revised Standard Version
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when he opened the fourthe seale I herde the voyce of the fourthe beste saye: come and se.
Young's Literal Translation
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, `Come and behold!'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And when he opened the fourth seale, I herde the voyce of the fourthe beaste saye: come and se.
Mace New Testament (1729)
When he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal say, "come and see."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then the Lamb tore off the fourth seal. The fourth creature roared, "Ride out!"

Contextual Overview

3When the Lamb ripped off the second seal, I heard the second Animal cry, "Come out!" Another horse appeared, this one red. Its rider was off to take peace from the earth, setting people at each other's throats, killing one another. He was given a huge sword. 5When he ripped off the third seal, I heard the third Animal cry, "Come out!" I looked. A black horse this time. Its rider carried a set of scales in his hand. I heard a message (it seemed to issue from the Four Animals): "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, or three quarts of barley, but all the oil and wine you want." 7When he ripped off the fourth seal, I heard the fourth Animal cry, "Come out!" I looked. A colorless horse, sickly pale. Its rider was Death, and Hell was close on its heels. They were given power to destroy a fourth of the earth by war, famine, disease, and wild beasts.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Revelation 6:1, Revelation 6:3, Revelation 6:5, Revelation 4:7

Reciprocal: Revelation 8:1 - And

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
Genesis 6:3
Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."
Genesis 6:4
This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones.
Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything God commanded him to do.
Psalms 37:20
God-despisers have had it; God 's enemies are finished— Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air.
Proverbs 10:27
The Fear-of- God expands your life; a wicked life is a puny life.
Proverbs 16:4
God made everything with a place and purpose; even the wicked are included—but for judgment.
Zephaniah 1:3
"Men and women and animals, including birds and fish— Anything and everything that causes sin—will go, but especially people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he had opened the fourth seal,.... Of the seven seals of the sealed book; that is, when the Lamb had opened it, or took it off, as in Revelation 6:1;

I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, come and see; this living creature was that which was like an eagle, and was on the north side of the throne, answerable to the standard of Dan, which was on the north of the camp of Israel, and had the figure of an eagle upon it; and the opening of this seal begins with Maximinus the Roman emperor, who came from Thrace, far north. This living creature was not James, the brother of our Lord, who had been dead long ago, as Grotius imagines; nor Cyprian, as Brightman thinks, though he lived under this seal; but the ministers of the Gospel in general in the times referred to are intended: and it may denote some decline in the Gospel ministry, that they had not the courage and strength of the lion, as the first Gospel preachers; nor the patience and laboriousness of the ox, the next set of ministers; nor the solidity and prudence of the man, the ministers that followed them; and yet they retained some degree of light and knowledge, sagacity and penetration, and contempt of the world, signified by the eagle; these invite John in a visionary way to come and see the following hieroglyphic.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And when he had opened the fourth seal - See the notes at Revelation 5:1.

I heard the voice of the fourth beast say - The flying eagle. See the notes at Revelation 15:7. As in the other cases, there does not appear to have been any particular reason why the fourth of the living creatures should have made this proclamation rather than either of the others. It was poetic and appropriate to represent each one in his turn as making proclamation.

Come and see - See the notes at Revelation 6:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 6:7. The fourth beast — That which had the face of an eagle.


 
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