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Other Translations - Revelation
6:1-17:
 Then I watched while the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. I heard one of the four living things speak with a voice like thunder. It said, "Come!"
2I looked and there before me was a white horse. The rider on the horse held a bow. The rider was given a crown. And he rode out, defeating the enemy. He rode out to win the victory.
3The Lamb opened the second seal. Then I heard the second living thing say, "Come!"
4Then another horse came out. This was a red horse. The rider on the horse was given power to take away peace from the earth. He was given power to make people kill each other. This rider was given a big sword.
5The Lamb opened the third seal. Then I heard the third living thing say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse. The rider on the horse held a pair of scales in his hand.
6Then I heard something that sounded like a voice. The voice came from where the four living things were. The voice said, "A quart of wheat for a day's pay. And three quarts of barley for a day's pay. And don't hurt the oil and wine!"
7The Lamb opened the fourth seal. Then I heard the voice of the fourth living thing say, "Come!"
8I looked and there before me was a pale-colored horse. The rider on the horse was death. Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth. They were given power to kill people by using the sword, by starving, by disease, and with the wild animals of the earth.
9The Lamb opened the fifth seal. Then I saw some souls under the altar. They were the souls of those people who had been killed because they were faithful to God's message and to the truth they had received.
10These souls shouted in a loud voice, "Holy and true Lord, how long until you judge the people of the earth and punish them for killing us?"
11Then each one of those souls was given a white robe. They were told to wait a short time longer. There were still some of their brothers in the service of Christ who must be killed like they were. Those souls were told to wait until all of this killing was finished.
12Then I watched while the Lamb opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun became dark like [black] cloth made from hair. The full moon became red like blood.
13The stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree drops its figs when the wind blows.
14The sky was divided. It was rolled up like a scroll. And every mountain and island was moved from its place.
15Then all the people hid in caves and behind the rocks on the mountains. There were the kings of the world, the rulers, the army commanders, the rich people and the powerful people. Every person, slave and free, hid himself.
16The people said to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us. Hide us from the face of the One who sits on the throne. Hide us from the anger of the Lamb!
17The great day for their anger has come. No person can stand against it."
(ERV)
 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the
four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come. 2And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and
there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.
3And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying,
Come. 4And another (horse) came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it
was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another:
and there was given unto him a great sword. 5And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying,
Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat thereon had a
balance in his hand. 6And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures
saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a
shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not. 7And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living
creature saying, Come. 8And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was
Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over
the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with
death, and by the wild beasts of the earth. 9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of
them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they
held: 1 and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and
true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11And there was given them to each one a white robe; and it was said unto them,
that they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellow-servants also
and their brethren, who should be killed even as they were, should have
fulfilled (their course). 12And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as
blood; 13and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her
unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind. 14And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the
rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves
and in the rocks of the mountains; 16and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from
the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
(ASV)
 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the
noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a
crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 3And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and
see. 4And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that
sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another:
and there was given unto him a great sword.
5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and
see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of
balances in his hand. 6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat
for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the
oil and the wine. 7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast
say, Come and see. 8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death,
and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part
of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the
beasts of the earth. 9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them
that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true,
dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them,
that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also
and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great
earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became
as blood; 13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her
untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid
themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of
him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
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In chapter 5, we see the Lamb (Jesus
Christ) taking the book (scroll) with the seven
seals from the One who sits on the throne. In
chapter 6, we see the Lamb beginning to break open
the seals on the book (scroll):
And
I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals,
and I heard one of the four living creatures saying
as with a voice of thunder, "Come."