The First Seal: The White Horse 1 UDB I saw the Lamb open the first of the seven seals of the scroll. Then one of the four living creatures said in a voice as loud as thunder, "Come!" BSB BSB: Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”
2 UDB and a white horse appeared. There was someone riding it, and he had a bow and arrows. God gave him a wreath of leaves to wear on his head to show that he was to conquer evil. He went out to continue to do battle and to win. BSB BSB: So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.
The Second Seal: War 3 UDB Then the Lamb opened the second seal, and I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" BSB BSB: And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
4 UDB When he said that, a red horse appeared. There was also someone riding it, and God had given him the power to cause people to no longer live peacefully, but instead to kill each other. For this purpose he carried a large sword. BSB BSB: Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.
The Third Seal: Famine 5 UDB Then the Lamb opened the third seal, and I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" This time I saw a black horse appear. There was someone riding it, and he had a pair of balance scales in his hand. BSB BSB: And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.
6 UDB Then I heard a voice that sounded like it was coming from among the four living creatures. It said to the person on the horse, "Make it happen that one liter of wheat will cost so much that a man must work a whole day to earn enough money to buy it. Also make it happen that three liters of barley will sell for the same price. But do not reduce the supply of olive oil or wine." BSB BSB: And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
The Fourth Seal: Death 7 UDB Then the Lamb opened the fourth seal, and I heard the fourth living creature say, "Come!" BSB BSB: And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
8 UDB This time I saw a pale horse appear. Someone was riding it; his name was "The one who causes people to die." Someone else was following him; this person's name was "The place where dead people go." God gave these two persons power to kill one-fourth of all people on earth. They could kill them with weapons or with famine or with sickness or with wild animals. BSB BSB: Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.
The Fifth Seal: The Martyrs 9 UDB Then the Lamb opened the fifth seal, and I saw under the altar in heaven the spirits of God's servants whom others had killed because these servants had believed God's message, the message to which God himself bore witness. BSB BSB: And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
10 UDB They loudly asked God, "Sovereign Lord, you are holy and true. How long will it be before you condemn and punish the people on earth who murdered us?" BSB BSB: And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”
11 UDB Then God gave to each of them a white robe, and he told them to be patient a little longer. They should be patient until the number of those who also served the Lord with them—who were their brothers and sisters in Christ—would be killed just like they themselves had been killed because of their faith. BSB BSB: Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.
The Sixth Seal: Terror 12 UDB Then I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, and the earth shook violently. The sun became as black as cloth made of black wool. The whole moon became red like blood. BSB BSB: And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
13 UDB Stars fell to the earth in great numbers, just as immature figs fall when a fig tree shakes in a strong wind. BSB BSB: and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
14 UDB The sky split open and rolled up on either side just as an old scroll rolls up when it is split in two. Every mountain and island was shaken out of its place. BSB BSB: The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
15 UDB As a result, all the people on earth, including kings, high-ranking people, generals, rich people, and powerful people, along with everybody else, both slave and free, hid in caves and between the mountain rocks. BSB BSB: Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
16 UDB They shouted to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us so that the one who sits on the throne will not be able to see us and so that the Lamb will not be able to punish us! BSB BSB: And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
17 UDB This is the terrible day on which they will punish us. No one will be able to survive!" BSB BSB: For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
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