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Revised Standard Version

Revelation 6:7

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Famine;   Horse;   Vision;   Scofield Reference Index - Remnant;   The Topic Concordance - Day of the Lord;   Seals;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Horse;   Horseman;   Number Systems and Number Symbolism;   Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beast;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Eschatology;   Horse;   Voice;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Horse;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Book;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
King James Version (1611)
And when hee had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
King James Version
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
New American Standard Bible
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"
New Century Version
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
THE MESSAGE
When he ripped off the fourth seal, I heard the fourth Animal cry, "Come out!" I looked. A colorless horse, sickly pale. Its rider was Death, and Hell was close on its heels. They were given power to destroy a fourth of the earth by war, famine, disease, and wild beasts.
English Standard Version
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come."
Berean Standard Bible
And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
Contemporary English Version
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come out!"
Complete Jewish Bible
When he broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, "Go!"
Darby Translation
And when it opened the fourth seal, I heard [the voice of] the fourth living creature saying, Come [and see].
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lamb opened the fourth seal. Then I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, "Come!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come & see.
George Lamsa Translation
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth beast saying, Come and see.
Good News Translation
Then the Lamb broke open the fourth seal; and I heard the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
Lexham English Bible
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice from the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"
Literal Translation
And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come and see.
Amplified Bible
When He (the Lamb) broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, "Come."
American Standard Version
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.
Bible in Basic English
And when the fourth stamp was undone, the voice of the fourth beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see.
Hebrew Names Version
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And when he had opened the FOURTH SEAL, I heard the fourth living-one, saying, Come, and see !
Murdock Translation
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth Animal say, Come, and see.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he had opened the fourth seale, I hearde the voyce of the fourth beast say, come and see.
English Revised Version
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.
World English Bible
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.
Weymouth's New Testament
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he hadde openyd the fourthe seel, Y herde a vois of the `foure beestis, seiynge, Come thou, and se.
Update Bible Version
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, Come and see.
New English Translation
Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"
New King James Version
When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see."
New Living Translation
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living being say, "Come!"
New Life Bible
He broke open the fourth lock. Then I heard the fourth living being say, "Come and see!"
New Revised Standard
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, "Come!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature, saying - Go!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying: Come and see.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when he opened the fourthe seale I herde the voyce of the fourthe beste saye: come and se.
Young's Literal Translation
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, `Come and behold!'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And when he opened the fourth seale, I herde the voyce of the fourthe beaste saye: come and se.
Mace New Testament (1729)
When he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal say, "come and see."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then the Lamb tore off the fourth seal. The fourth creature roared, "Ride out!"

Contextual Overview

3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" 4 And out came another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that men should slay one another; and he was given a great sword. 5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a balance in his hand; 6 and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm oil and wine!" 7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" 8 And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him; and they were given power over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Revelation 6:1, Revelation 6:3, Revelation 6:5, Revelation 4:7

Reciprocal: Revelation 8:1 - And

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took to wife such of them as they chose.
Genesis 6:3
Then the LORD said, "My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 6:20
Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:22
Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
Psalms 37:20
But the wicked perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures, they vanish--like smoke they vanish away.
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he had opened the fourth seal,.... Of the seven seals of the sealed book; that is, when the Lamb had opened it, or took it off, as in Revelation 6:1;

I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, come and see; this living creature was that which was like an eagle, and was on the north side of the throne, answerable to the standard of Dan, which was on the north of the camp of Israel, and had the figure of an eagle upon it; and the opening of this seal begins with Maximinus the Roman emperor, who came from Thrace, far north. This living creature was not James, the brother of our Lord, who had been dead long ago, as Grotius imagines; nor Cyprian, as Brightman thinks, though he lived under this seal; but the ministers of the Gospel in general in the times referred to are intended: and it may denote some decline in the Gospel ministry, that they had not the courage and strength of the lion, as the first Gospel preachers; nor the patience and laboriousness of the ox, the next set of ministers; nor the solidity and prudence of the man, the ministers that followed them; and yet they retained some degree of light and knowledge, sagacity and penetration, and contempt of the world, signified by the eagle; these invite John in a visionary way to come and see the following hieroglyphic.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And when he had opened the fourth seal - See the notes at Revelation 5:1.

I heard the voice of the fourth beast say - The flying eagle. See the notes at Revelation 15:7. As in the other cases, there does not appear to have been any particular reason why the fourth of the living creatures should have made this proclamation rather than either of the others. It was poetic and appropriate to represent each one in his turn as making proclamation.

Come and see - See the notes at Revelation 6:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 6:7. The fourth beast — That which had the face of an eagle.


 
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