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Revelation 6:3
And when he had opened the seconde seale, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
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Christian Standard Bible®
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
King James Version (1611)
And when hee had opened the second seale, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
And when hee had opened the second seale, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
King James Version
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
New American Standard Bible
When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
New Century Version
When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
THE MESSAGE
When the Lamb ripped off the second seal, I heard the second Animal cry, "Come out!" Another horse appeared, this one red. Its rider was off to take peace from the earth, setting people at each other's throats, killing one another. He was given a huge sword.
When the Lamb ripped off the second seal, I heard the second Animal cry, "Come out!" Another horse appeared, this one red. Its rider was off to take peace from the earth, setting people at each other's throats, killing one another. He was given a huge sword.
English Standard Version
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come."
When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come."
Berean Standard Bible
And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
Contemporary English Version
When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come out!"
When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come out!"
Complete Jewish Bible
When he broke the second seal, I heard the second living being say, "Go!"
When he broke the second seal, I heard the second living being say, "Go!"
Darby Translation
And when it opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come [and see].
And when it opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come [and see].
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lamb opened the second seal. Then I heard the second living being say, "Come!"
The Lamb opened the second seal. Then I heard the second living being say, "Come!"
George Lamsa Translation
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
Good News Translation
Then the Lamb broke open the second seal; and I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
Then the Lamb broke open the second seal; and I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
Lexham English Bible
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
Literal Translation
And when He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come and see.
And when He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come and see.
Amplified Bible
When He (the Lamb) broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, "Come."
When He (the Lamb) broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, "Come."
American Standard Version
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.
Bible in Basic English
And when the second stamp was undone, the voice of the second beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see.
And when the second stamp was undone, the voice of the second beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see.
Hebrew Names Version
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
International Standard Version
When the lambhe">[fn] opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Go!"Revelation 4:7;">[xr]
When the lambhe">[fn] opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Go!"Revelation 4:7;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And when he had opened the SECOND SEAL, I heard the second living-one, who said, Come !
And when he had opened the SECOND SEAL, I heard the second living-one, who said, Come !
Murdock Translation
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second Animal say, Come.
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second Animal say, Come.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he had opened the seconde seale, I hearde the seconde beast saye, come and see.
And when he had opened the seconde seale, I hearde the seconde beast saye, come and see.
English Revised Version
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.
World English Bible
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.
Weymouth's New Testament
And when the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come."
And when the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he hadde openyd the secounde seel, I herde the secounde beest seiynge, Come `thou, and se.
And whanne he hadde openyd the secounde seel, I herde the secounde beest seiynge, Come `thou, and se.
Update Bible Version
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living being say, Come and see.
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living being say, Come and see.
New English Translation
Then when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
Then when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
New King James Version
When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come and see." [fn]
When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come and see." [fn]
New Living Translation
When the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living being say, "Come!"
When the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living being say, "Come!"
New Life Bible
He broke open the second lock. Then I heard the second living being say, "Come and see!"
He broke open the second lock. Then I heard the second living being say, "Come and see!"
New Revised Standard
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, "Come!"
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, "Come!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature, saying - Go!
And, when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature, saying - Go!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying: Come and see.
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying: Come and see.
Revised Standard Version
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when he opened the secode seale I herde the seconde beste saye: come and se.
And when he opened the secode seale I herde the seconde beste saye: come and se.
Young's Literal Translation
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, `Come and behold!'
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, `Come and behold!'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whe he opened the seconde seale, I herde the seconde beeste saye: come and se.
And whe he opened the seconde seale, I herde the seconde beeste saye: come and se.
Mace New Testament (1729)
When he had opened the second seal, I heard the second animal say, "come and see."
When he had opened the second seal, I heard the second animal say, "come and see."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then the Lamb tore off the second seal. The second creature roared, "Ride out!"
Then the Lamb tore off the second seal. The second creature roared, "Ride out!"
Contextual Overview
3 And when he had opened the seconde seale, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out an other horse, that was red, & power was giuen to him that sate thereon, to take peace fro the earth, & that they should kill one another, & there was giuen vnto him a great sword. 5 And when hee had opened the thirde seale, I heard the thirde beast say, Come and see: Then I behelde, and loe, a blacke horse, & he that sate on him, had balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the mids of the foure beastes say, A measure of wheate for a penie, and three measures of barly for a peny, & oyle, and wine hurt thou not. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come & see. 8 And I looked, and beholde, a pale horse, and his name that sate on him was Death, and Hell folowed after him, & power was giuen vnto them ouer the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sworde, and with hunger, and with death, and with beasts of the earth.
Bible Verse Review
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Revelation 6:1, Revelation 4:7
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 15:2 - for death Revelation 6:7 - General Revelation 8:1 - And Revelation 10:2 - a little
Cross-References
Genesis 6:1
So when men beganne to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,
So when men beganne to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,
Genesis 6:13
And God said vnto Noah, An ende of all flesh is come before me: for the earth is filled with crueltie through them: and beholde, I wil destroy them with the earth.
And God said vnto Noah, An ende of all flesh is come before me: for the earth is filled with crueltie through them: and beholde, I wil destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make thee an Arke of pine trees: thou shalt make cabines in the Arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Make thee an Arke of pine trees: thou shalt make cabines in the Arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Genesis 6:15
And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the Arke shalbe three hundreth cubites, the breadth of it fiftie cubites, and the height of it thirtie cubites.
And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the Arke shalbe three hundreth cubites, the breadth of it fiftie cubites, and the height of it thirtie cubites.
Genesis 6:16
A windowe shalt thou make in the Arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue, and the doore of the Arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: thou shalt make it with the lowe, seconde and third roume.
A windowe shalt thou make in the Arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue, and the doore of the Arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: thou shalt make it with the lowe, seconde and third roume.
Genesis 6:18
But with thee will I establish my couenant, and thou shalt goe into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
But with thee will I establish my couenant, and thou shalt goe into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
Genesis 6:20
Of the foules, after their kinde, and of the cattell after their kind, of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, that thou mayest keepe them aliue.
Of the foules, after their kinde, and of the cattell after their kind, of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, that thou mayest keepe them aliue.
Numbers 11:17
And I will come downe, and talke with thee there, and take of the Spirite, which is vpon thee, and put vpon them, and they shall beare the burthen of the people with thee: so thou shalt not beare it alone.
And I will come downe, and talke with thee there, and take of the Spirite, which is vpon thee, and put vpon them, and they shall beare the burthen of the people with thee: so thou shalt not beare it alone.
Nehemiah 9:30
Yet thou diddest forbeare them many yeeres, and protestedst among them by thy Spirite, euen by the hande of thy Prophets, but they woulde not heare: therefore gauest thou them into the hande of the people of the lands.
Yet thou diddest forbeare them many yeeres, and protestedst among them by thy Spirite, euen by the hande of thy Prophets, but they woulde not heare: therefore gauest thou them into the hande of the people of the lands.
Psalms 78:39
For he remebred that they were flesh: yea, a winde that passeth and commeth not againe.
For he remebred that they were flesh: yea, a winde that passeth and commeth not againe.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And when he had opened the second seal,.... Of the sealed book; that is, the Lamb, as before:
I heard the second beast say, come and see; this living creature was the ox, whose situation was on the west side of the throne, as the standard of Ephraim, on which was an ox, was on the west of the camp of Israel; no mention is made of the noise of thunder, as before, the voice of the ox being lower than that of the lion; and this perhaps may point out a decrease in the Gospel ministry; to fix on any particular person, as, with Grotius, the Evangelist Matthew, because he says, Matthew 24:7, nation shall rise against nation, which carries in it some likeness to what is said at the opening of this seal; or, as with Brightman, Justin Martyr, whose second apology was not regarded by the emperor, is mere conjecture; the ministers of the Gospel are intended who lived under this seal, who, though they might not be strong and courageous like the lion, or their predecessors, yet were like the ox, laborious in preaching, and patient in suffering; and these are represented in this vision as inviting John to behold and observe the following hieroglyphic.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And when he had opened the second seal - So as to disclose another portion of the volume. See the notes at Revelation 5:1.
I heard the second beast say - The second beast was like a calf or an ox. See the notes at Revelation 4:7. It cannot be supposed that there is any special significancy in the fact that the second beast addressed the seer on the opening of the second seal, or that, so far as the symbol was concerned, there was any reason why this living. creature should approach on the opening of this seal rather than on either of the others. All that seems to be designed is, that as the living creatures are intended to be emblems of the providential government of God, it was proper to represent that government as concerned in the opening of each of these four seals, indicating important events among the nations.
Come and see - See the notes on Revelation 6:1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 6:3. The second beast — That which had the face of an ox.
