Revelation 6:8

Then I saw a pale horse. The rider on it was named Death, and Hades was following him. They were given authority over one-fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine and disease, and with the wild animals of the earth.

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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.

In Context

7When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

9When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God and the testimony which they held.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:22I will send dangerous animals against you, which will steal your children, destroy your cattle, and make you few in number. So your roads will become deserted.

Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever, 1 and the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces; 1 the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it. 1

Jeremiah 16:4'They will die diseased deaths. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be like dung on the ground. For they will come to an end by sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts of the earth.'

Jeremiah 43:11For he will come and attack the land of Egypt. Anyone who is assigned to death will be given to death. Anyone who is assigned to captivity will be taken captive. Anyone who is assigned to the sword will be given to the sword.

Ezekiel 5:15So Jerusalem will become something for other people to condemn and to mock, a warning and a horror to the nations that surround you. I will execute judgments against you in wrath and fury, and with a furious rebuke—I, Yahweh have declared this!

Hosea 13:14Will I rescue them from the hand of Sheol? 1 Will I rescue them from death? 1 Where, death, are your plagues? 1 Where, Sheol, is your destruction? 1 Compassion is hidden from my eyes.” 1

Matthew Henry on Revelation 6:4-9

The Opening of the Seals. ( a. d. 95.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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