KJV King James Version
And 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.
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Revelation 6:5
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, ‘Come and behold!’ and I saw, and lo, a black horse, and he who is sitting upon it is having a balance in his hand,
Surrounding context — Revelation 6
2 And 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.
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4 And 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.
5 And 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.
6 And 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.
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandὅτεG3753 · hotewhenἤνοιξενG455 · anoigōto openτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoσφραγῖδαG4973 · sphragissealτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoτρίτην,G5154 · tritosthirdἤκουσαG191 · akouōto hearτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoτρίτουG5154 · tritosthirdζῴουG2226 · zōonliving thingλέγοντος·G3004 · legōto sayἔρχουG2064 · erchomaito come/goκαὶG2532 · kaiandεἶδονG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandκαὶG2532 · kaiandἰδοὺG2400 · idoulook!ἵπποςG2462 · hipposhorseμέλαςG3189 · melasblackκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαθήμενοςG2521 · kathēmaito sitἐπ᾽G1909 · epiupon/to/againstαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἔχωνG2192 · echōto have/beζυγὸνG2218 · zugosyoke/scalesἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoχειρὶG5495 · cheirhandαὐτοῦ.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Zechariah 6:2In the first chariot [were] red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;Zechariah 6:6The black horses which [are] therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.Ezekiel 4:16Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:Revelation 6:1And 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.Revelation 4:6-7And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.Leviticus 26:26[And] when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.Revelation 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;Revelation 5:5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.Ezekiel 4:10And thy meat which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.Lamentations 5:10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
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