Revelation 6:5

World English Bible (2000)

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.

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  • Zech 6:2 : 2 In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
  • Zech 6:6 : 6 The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went forth toward the south country."
  • Ezek 4:16 : 16 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
  • Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
  • Lam 5:10 : 10 Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
  • Ezek 4:10 : 10 Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.
  • Rev 4:6-7 : 6 Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. 7 The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals."
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
  • Rev 6:1 : 1 I saw that 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 and see!"

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  • Rev 6:1-4
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    1 I saw that 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 and see!"

    2 And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

    3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"

    4 Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.

  • Rev 6:6-9
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    6 I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage the oil and the wine!"

    7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"

    8 And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

    9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

  • Zech 6:1-3
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    1 Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

    2 In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;

    3 in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot dappled horses, all of them powerful.

  • Rev 6:11-12
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    11 A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

    12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

  • Zech 6:5-7
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    5 The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

    6 The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went forth toward the south country."

    7 The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth: and he said, "Go around and through the earth!" So they walked back and forth through the earth.

  • Rev 5:1-2
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    1 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

    2 I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"

  • 11 I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.

  • Rev 9:16-18
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    16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.

    17 Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.

    18 By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.

  • 8 "I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.

  • 1 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

  • Rev 19:18-19
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    18 that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, and small and great."

    19 I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.

  • 2 He had in his hand a little open book. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.

  • Nah 3:2-3
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    2 The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

    3 the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,

  • 9 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,

  • Rev 5:6-7
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    6 I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

    7 Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

  • 3 Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

  • 6 I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the ephah basket that is appearing." He said moreover, "This is their appearance in all the land

  • 11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.

  • 5 Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.

  • 20 The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.

  • Rev 19:14-15
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    14 The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen.

    15 Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

  • 3 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.

  • 7 The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

  • 13 The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,

  • 2 I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

  • 7 When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness."

  • 16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those who dwell therein.

  • 8 The second angel sounded, and something like a great burning mountain was thrown into the sea. One third of the sea became blood,

  • 1 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.

  • 1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.

  • 8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.

  • 2 The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.