Revelation 6 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

The Seven Seals

1 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!” (Re 4:7; Re 5:1; Re 5:5; Re 14:2; Re 19:6; Re 22:20)

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2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer. (Ps 45:4; Hab 3:8; Zec 6:3; Zec 6:11; Zec 9:13; Re 3:21; Re 14:14; Re 19:11; Re 19:19; Re 19:21)

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3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” (Re 4:7) 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword. (Zec 1:8; Zec 6:2; Mt 10:34; Mt 24:6)

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5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. (Zec 6:2; Re 6:3) 6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart^[1] of wheat for a denarius,^[2] and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!” (Eze 4:10; Eze 5:10; Eze 5:16; Re 7:3; Re 9:4)

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7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” (Re 6:3) 8 And I looked, and behold, a 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 with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth. (Le 26:22; De 32:24; Eze 14:21; Zec 6:3)

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9 When he 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 witness they had borne. (Re 1:2; Re 1:9; Re 14:18; Re 16:7; Re 20:4)

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10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” (Ps 79:10; Ps 94:3; Ps 119:84; Zec 1:12; Lu 18:7; Re 3:7; Re 3:10; Re 11:18; Re 19:2)

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11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers^[3] should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. (Ge 15:16; Heb 11:40; Re 3:4; Re 7:9; Re 14:13)

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12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, (Isa 50:3; Mt 24:29; Heb 12:26; Re 11:13; Re 16:18)

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13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. (Isa 34:4; Re 8:10; Re 9:1) 14 The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. (Isa 54:10; Jer 4:24; Eze 38:20; Na 1:5; Re 6:13; Re 16:20; Re 20:11; Re 21:1)

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15 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave^[4] and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, (Isa 2:19; Isa 2:21) 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, (Ho 10:8; Lu 23:30; Re 4:2) 17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” (Ezr 9:15; Ps 76:7; Jer 30:7; Joe 2:11; Joe 2:31; Mal 3:2; Lu 21:36)

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الكتاب المقدس

الختوم

1 وَرَأَيْتُ الْحَمَلَ وَهُوَ يَفُكُّ أَوَّلَ الْخُتُومِ السَّبْعَةِ، وَسَمِعْتُ وَاحِداً مِنَ الْكَائِنَاتِ الْحَيَّةِ الأَرْبَعَةِ يُنَادِي بِصَوْتٍ كَالرَّعْدِ: «تَعَالَ!» 2 فَنَظَرْتُ وَإذَا أَمَامِي حِصَانٌ أَبْيَضُ، يَحْمِلُ رَاكِبُهُ قَوْساً، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ إِكْلِيلٌ، وَقَدْ خَرَجَ مُنْتَصِراً وَلِكَيْ يَنْتَصِرَ. 3 ثُمَّ فَكَّ الْحَمَلُ الْخَتْمَ الثَّانِي، فَسَمِعْتُ الْكَائِنَ الثَّانِي يُنَادِي: «تَعَالَ!» 4 فَخَرَجَ حِصَانٌ أَحْمَرُ، أُعْطِيَ رَاكِبُهُ سَيْفاً عَظِيماً، وَمُنِحَ سُلْطَةَ نَزْعِ السَّلامِ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَجَعْلِ النَّاسِ يَقْتُلُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً. 5 وَعِنْدَمَا فَكَّ الْحَمَلُ الْخَتْمَ الثَّالِثَ سَمِعْتُ الْكَائِنَ الثَّالِثَ يُنَادِي: «تَعَالَ!» فَرَأَيْتُ حِصَاناً أَسْوَدَ، يَحْمِلُ رَاكِبُهُ مِيزَاناً بِيَدِهِ. 6 وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً مِنْ بَيْنِ الْكَائِنَاتِ الْحَيَّةِ الأَرْبَعَةِ يَقُولُ: «كَيْلَةُ قَمْحٍ بِدِينَارٍ، وَثَلاثُ كَيْلاتِ شَعِيرٍ بِدِينَارٍ. أَمَّا الزَّيْتُ وَالْخَمْرُ فَلا تَمَسَّهُمَا». 7 ثُمَّ فَكَّ الْحَمَلُ الْخَتْمَ الرَّابِعَ فَسَمِعْتُ الْكَائِنَ الرَّابِعَ يُنَادِي: «تَعَالَ!» 8 فَرَأَيْتُ حِصَاناً لَوْنُهُ أَخْضَرُ «بَاهِتُ اللَّوْنِ»، اسْمُ رَاكِبِهِ «الْمَوْتُ» يَتْبَعُهُ حِصَانٌ آخَرُ اسْمُ رَاكِبِهِ «الْهَاوِيَةُ»، وَأُعْطِيَا سُلْطَةَ إِبَادَةِ رُبْعِ الأَرْضِ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ وَوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ الضَّارِيَةِ! 9 ثُمَّ فَكَّ الْحَمَلُ الْخَتْمَ الْخَامِسَ، فَرَأَيْتُ مَذْبَحاً تَحْتَهُ أَرْوَاحُ الَّذِينَ سُفِكَتْ دِمَاؤُهُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ كَلِمَةِ اللهِ، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ الشَّهَادَةِ الَّتِي أَدَّوْهَا، 10 وَهُمْ يَصْرُخُونَ لِلرَّبِّ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِمْ: «حَتَّى مَتَى، أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الْقُدُّوسُ وَالْحَقُّ، تُؤَخِّرُ مُعَاقَبَةَ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ عَلَى مَا فَعَلُوهُ بِنَا؟ مَتَى تَنْتَقِمُ مِنْهُمْ لِدِمَائِنَا؟» 11 فَأُعْطِيَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ ثَوْباً أَبْيَضَ، وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَصْبِرُوا قَلِيلاً إِلَى أَنْ يَكْمُلَ عَدَدُ شُرَكَائِهِمِ الْعَبِيدِ وَإِخْوَتِهِمِ الَّذِينَ سَيُقْتَلُونَ مِثْلَهُمْ. 12 ثُمَّ نَظَرْتُ، فَرَأَيْتُ الْحَمَلَ يَفُكُّ الْخَتْمَ السَّادِسَ، وَإذَا الأَرْضُ قَدْ زُلْزِلَتْ زِلْزَالاً عَظِيماً، وَالشَّمْسُ اسْوَدَّتْ فَصَارَتْ كَخِرْقَةٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ، وَصَارَ الْقَمَرُ أَحْمَرَ كَالدَّمِ، 13 وَسَقَطَتْ نُجُومُ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كَمَا تَطْرَحُ شَجَرَةُ التِّينِ ثِمَارَهَا الْفَجَّةَ، إِذَا هَزَّتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفَةٌ. 14 وَطُوِيَتِ السَّمَاءُ كَمَا تُطْوَى لِفَافَةٌ مِنْ وَرَقٍ، فَتَزَحْزَحَتِ الْجِبَالُ وَالْجُزُرُ كُلُّهَا مِنْ مَوَاضِعِهَا. 15 وَمُلُوكُ الأَرْضِ وَالْعُظَمَاءُ وَالْقُوَّادُ وَالأَغْنِيَاءُ وَالأَقْوِيَاءُ وَالْعَبِيدُ وَالأَحْرَارُ كُلُّهُمُ اخْتَبَأُوا فِي الْمَغَاوِرِ وَصُخُورِ الْجِبَالِ، 16 وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ لِلْجِبَالِ وَالصُّخُورِ: «اُسْقُطِي عَلَيْنَا، وَأَخْفِينَا مِنْ وَجْهِ الْجَالِسِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَمِنْ غَضَبِ الْحَمَلِ!» 17 فَإِنَّ يَوْمَ الْغَضَبِ الْعَظِيمَ قَدْ جَاءَهُمْ، وَمَنْ يَقْوَى عَلَى الْوُقُوفِ أَمَامَهُ؟