1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying in a voice like thunder, "Come and see!"
2 And I looked, and there was a white horse, and the one sitting on it held a bow; a crown was given to him, and he rode out conquering, and to conquer.
3 Then, when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come and see!"
4 And another horse came out, a red one; and the one sitting on it was granted to take peace away from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another; and a large sword was given to him.
5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And I looked, and there was a black horse, and the one sitting on it held a balance in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, "A measure of wheat for a denarius, and three measures of barley for a denarius; and you must not damage the oil and the wine."
7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"
8 I looked, and there was a pale horse, and the one sitting on it—his name was Death, and Hades came along with him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword and by hunger and by death and by the wild beasts of the earth.
9 And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw beneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony they held.
10 They were crying out with a great voice, "How long, holy and true Master, will you hold back from judging and avenging our blood on those who live on the earth?"
11 And white robes were given to each of them, and they were told to rest yet a short time, until their fellow servants and their brothers—those who were going to be killed just as they had been—should also be made complete.
12 And I watched as he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of hair, and the moon turned like blood,
13 and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when a great wind shakes it.
14 The heaven departed like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
15 And the kings of the earth, the high officials, the rich, the military commanders, the powerful, every servant and every free man hid themselves in the caves and in the crags of the mountains,
16 and they say to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on top of us and hide us from the presence of the One sitting on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,
17 because the great day of his wrath has arrived, and who is able to stand?"