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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/revelation/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/revelation/6.htm">New International Version</a> When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, &#8220Come!&#8221 <a href="/nlt/revelation/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living being say, “Come!” <a href="/esv/revelation/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” <a href="/bsb/revelation/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” <a href="/blb/revelation/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!" <a href="/kjv/revelation/6.htm">King James Bible</a> And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. <a href="/nkjv/revelation/6.htm">New King James Version</a> When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” <a href="/nasb_/revelation/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!” <a href="/nasb/revelation/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, &#8220Come.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/revelation/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And when He broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” <a href="/lsb/revelation/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” <a href="/amp/revelation/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> When He (the Lamb) broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, “Come.” <a href="/csb/revelation/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come! ” <a href="/hcsb/revelation/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, &#8220Come!&#8221 <a href="/asv/revelation/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come. <a href="/cev/revelation/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come out!" <a href="/erv/revelation/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come. <a href="/gwt/revelation/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When the lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Go!" <a href="/gnt/revelation/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then the Lamb broke open the fourth seal; and I heard the fourth living creature say, "Come!" <a href="/isv/revelation/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> When the lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Go!" <a href="/msb/revelation/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, ?Come and see!? <a href="/net/revelation/6.htm">NET Bible</a> Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!" <a href="/nheb/revelation/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come." <a href="/wbt/revelation/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, Come and see. <a href="/wey/revelation/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> When the Lamb broke the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come." <a href="/web/revelation/6.htm">World English Bible</a> When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see!” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and behold!” <a href="/blb/revelation/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!" <a href="/ylt/revelation/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, 'Come and behold!' <a href="/slt/revelation/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come and see.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature, saying: Come, and see. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying: “Draw near and see.” <a href="/nabre/revelation/6.htm">New American Bible</a> When he broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature cry out, “Come forward.” <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, “Come!”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth beast saying, Come and see. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of a Beast saying, “Come.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, Come and see. <a href="/godbey/revelation/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come. <a href="/haweis/revelation/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being saying, Come and see. <a href="/mace/revelation/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> When he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal say, "come and see." <a href="/wey/revelation/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> When the Lamb broke the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come." <a href="/worrell/revelation/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And, when He opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come." <a href="/worsley/revelation/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal saying, Come and see. <a href="/parallel/revelation/6-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=1264" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/6.htm">The Fourth Seal: Death</a> 6And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.” 7<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/3753.htm" title="3753: hote (Adv) -- When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When.">when</a> <a href="/greek/455.htm" title="455: ēnoixen (V-AIA-3S) -- To open. From ana and oigo; to open up.">the Lamb opened</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5067.htm" title="5067: tetartēn (Adj-AFS) -- Fourth. Ordinal from tessares; fourth.">fourth</a> <a href="/greek/4973.htm" title="4973: sphragida (N-AFS) -- Probably strengthened from phrasso; a signet; by implication, the stamp impressed, literally or figuratively.">seal,</a> <a href="/greek/191.htm" title="191: ēkousa (V-AIA-1S) -- To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.">I heard</a> <a href="/greek/5456.htm" title="5456: phōnēn (N-AFS) -- Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.">the voice</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/5067.htm" title="5067: tetartou (Adj-GNS) -- Fourth. Ordinal from tessares; fourth.">fourth</a> <a href="/greek/2226.htm" title="2226: zōou (N-GNS) -- An animal, living creature. Neuter of a derivative of zao; a live thing, i.e. An animal.">living creature</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legontos (V-PPA-GNS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">say,</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: Erchou (V-PMM/P-2S) -- To come, go. ">“Come!”</a> 8Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/zechariah/6-3.htm">Zechariah 6:3</a> the third white horses, and the fourth dappled horses—all of them strong. <a href="/zechariah/6-6.htm">Zechariah 6:6</a> The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.” <a href="/zechariah/1-8.htm">Zechariah 1:8</a> I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses. <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Ezekiel 14:21</a> For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast? <a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a> Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. <a href="/matthew/24-21.htm">Matthew 24:21</a> For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Jeremiah 15:3</a> I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a> I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate. <a href="/2_kings/7-6.htm">2 Kings 7:6</a> For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.” <a href="/daniel/7-23.htm">Daniel 7:23</a> This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. <a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Luke 21:11</a> There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven. <a href="/luke/21-25.htm">Luke 21:25-26</a> There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. / Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. <a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2</a> The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Isaiah 66:16</a> For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD. <a href="/hosea/13-7.htm">Hosea 13:7-8</a> So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. / Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.See on ver.<a href="/revelation/6-1.htm">Revelation 6:1,3,5</a> And 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… <a href="/revelation/4-7.htm">Revelation 4:7</a> And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Creature</a> <a href="/revelation/6-3.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/revelation/4-7.htm">Fourth</a> <a href="/revelation/6-6.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Stamp</a> <a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Undone</a> <a href="/revelation/6-6.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/11-7.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/revelation/16-3.htm">Creature</a> <a href="/revelation/7-4.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Fourth</a> <a href="/revelation/7-4.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">Stamp</a> <a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">Undone</a> <a href="/revelation/6-10.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 6</div>1. <a href="/revelation/6-1.htm">The First Seal: Rider on White Horse</a> 3. <a href="/revelation/6-3.htm">The Second Seal: War</a> 5. <a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">The Third Seal: Famine</a> 7. <a href="/revelation/6-7.htm">The Fourth Seal: Death</a> 9. <a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">The Fifth Seal: Martyrs</a> 12. <a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">The Sixth Seal: Terror</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/revelation/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal The Lamb refers to Jesus Christ, depicted as the sacrificial Lamb who is worthy to open the seals of the scroll (<a href="/revelation/5-6.htm">Revelation 5:6-7</a>). The opening of the seals signifies the unfolding of divine judgment and revelation. The fourth seal is part of a series of seven seals, each revealing a different aspect of God's plan for the end times. The number four often symbolizes universality or completeness in biblical numerology, suggesting a significant and comprehensive event.I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say The living creatures are described in <a href="/revelation/4-6.htm">Revelation 4:6-8</a> as beings around the throne of God, each with distinct appearances and roles. They are often interpreted as representations of God's creation or as angelic beings who serve and worship God. The fourth living creature's voice indicates divine authority and the execution of God's will. The involvement of these creatures underscores the heavenly origin and significance of the events being revealed.“Come!” The command "Come!" is an invitation or a summons, often interpreted as calling forth the events or figures associated with the seal. In the context of the seals, it is a directive for the next phase of judgment to be revealed. This command is consistent with the authority given to the living creatures and reflects the unfolding of God's sovereign plan. The imperative nature of the word emphasizes the inevitability and urgency of the events that are to follow.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lamb.htm">The Lamb</a> Represents Jesus Christ, who is worthy to open the seals of the scroll. The Lamb symbolizes sacrifice and redemption. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_fourth_seal.htm">The Fourth Seal</a> Part of the series of seals on the scroll that Jesus opens, each revealing a new vision or event in the unfolding of God's plan. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_fourth_living_creature.htm">The Fourth Living Creature</a> One of the four living creatures around the throne of God, each with a unique appearance and role in the heavenly vision. They are often seen as representations of God's creation and His attributes. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_voice.htm">The Voice</a> The voice of the fourth living creature, which commands the next phase of the vision to unfold. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_event.htm">The Event</a> The opening of the fourth seal, which introduces the fourth horseman, often associated with death and Hades, bringing further judgment upon the earth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a> The opening of the seals by the Lamb emphasizes that God is in control of history and its ultimate outcome. Believers can trust in His sovereign plan. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_judgment.htm">The Reality of Judgment</a> The events following the opening of the seals remind us of the reality of God's judgment. It is a call to repentance and readiness for Christ's return. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_christ_as_redeemer_and_judge.htm">The Role of Christ as Redeemer and Judge</a> Jesus, as the Lamb, is both the redeemer of humanity and the executor of God's judgment. This dual role should inspire both reverence and hope in believers. <a href="/topical/l/living_with_eternal_perspective.htm">Living with Eternal Perspective</a> The unfolding events in Revelation encourage Christians to live with an eternal perspective, focusing on spiritual readiness and the advancement of God's kingdom. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_witness.htm">The Call to Witness</a> As the seals reveal the progression towards the end times, believers are reminded of their mission to share the Gospel and be witnesses of Christ's love and truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 6</a> <a href="/q/what_are_revelation's_seven_seals.htm">What are Revelation's seven seals?</a> <a href="/q/what_do_the_seals,_trumpets,_bowls_mean.htm">What do the Seven Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls signify?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_1_4_world_dying_from_plagues.htm">Revelation 6:7-8--Is there any historical or archaeological evidence supporting an event where a quarter of the world's population died from pestilence, famine, and wild beasts?</a> <a href="/q/revelation_6_3-4__validate_war_prediction.htm">Revelation 6:3-4--How can one validate the prediction of worldwide warfare, given the continuous presence of conflict throughout history?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7, 8) The fourth seal.--And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being, saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a horse, pallid (or, livid), and he that sat upon him his name was Death, and Hades was following with him; and there was given to them power over the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth. The colour pallid, or livid, is that deadly greenish hue, which is the unmistakable token of the approach of death. The rider is Death--not a particular form of death, but Death himself. Attending him, ready to gather up the slain, is Hades. The fourth seal is the darkest and most terrible. Single forms of death (war and famine) were revealed in the earlier seals; now the great King of Terrors himself appears, and in his hand are gathered all forms of death--war, famine, pestilence (for the second time the word "death" is used: it must be taken in a subordinate sense, as a particular form of death, such as plague, or pestilence; we may compare the use of the word "death" thus applied to some special disease, in the case of The Death, or Black Death), and wild beasts. These forms of death correspond with God's four sore judgments--the sword, and famine, and pestilence, and the noisome beasts of <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm" title="For thus said the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?">Ezekiel 14:21</a>. The seal, therefore, gathers up into one all the awfulness of the past seals. It is the central seal, and it is the darkest. It is the midnight of sorrows, where all seems given up to the sovereignty of death. The middle things of life are often dark. Midway between the wicket-gate and golden city Bunyan placed his valley of the shadow of death, following the hint of the Psalmist, who placed it midway between the pasture and the house of the Lord (Psalms 23). Dante, perhaps working from the same hint, found his obscure wood and wanderings midway along the road of life:--"In the midway of this our mortal lifeI found me in a gloomy wood, astray."The darkest periods of the Church's history were those we call the Middle Ages. By this, however, it is not meant that there is any chronological signification in the seal. The vision deepens in its central scene, like the horror of darkness in the dream of Abraham. The history of the Church has not unfrequently presented a sort of parallel. The age which follows the ages of barren dogmatism and of spiritual starvation is often an age of sham spiritual life. The pale horse of death is the parody of the white horse of victory: the form of godliness remains, the power is gone.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say; when he opened, as in vers. l, 3, and 5. The events narrated accompany the action of opening the seal. Of the fourth living being (see on Revelation 4:6). The individual is not specified (see on ver. 1); but Wordsworth specifies the living being like a flying eagle, by which he understands the Gospel of St. John (but see on Revelation 4:6). Saying. Though λέγουσαν, the feminine accusative, to agree with φωνήν, "voice," is adopted in the Textus Receptus, and supported by the sole authority of 1, yet א, A, B, C, P, and others read λέγοντος, the masculine genitive, agreeing with ζώου, "living being." Come and see. The Revised Version omits "and see" (see on ver. 1). "Come" is probably addressed to St. John (see on ver. 1). <a href="/commentaries/revelation/6-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And Καὶ (Kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. when ὅτε (hote) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3753.htm">Strong's 3753: </a> When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When. [the Lamb] opened ἤνοιξεν (ēnoixen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_455.htm">Strong's 455: </a> To open. From ana and oigo; to open up. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. fourth τετάρτην (tetartēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5067.htm">Strong's 5067: </a> Fourth. Ordinal from tessares; fourth. seal, σφραγῖδα (sphragida) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4973.htm">Strong's 4973: </a> Probably strengthened from phrasso; a signet; by implication, the stamp impressed, literally or figuratively. I heard ἤκουσα (ēkousa) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_191.htm">Strong's 191: </a> To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear. [the] voice φωνὴν (phōnēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5456.htm">Strong's 5456: </a> Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. fourth τετάρτου (tetartou) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5067.htm">Strong's 5067: </a> Fourth. Ordinal from tessares; fourth. living creature ζῴου (zōou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2226.htm">Strong's 2226: </a> An animal, living creature. Neuter of a derivative of zao; a live thing, i.e. An animal. say, λέγοντος (legontos) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. “Come!” Ἔρχου (Erchou) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/6-7.htm">Revelation 6:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/revelation/6-7.htm">Revelation 6:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/revelation/6-7.htm">Revelation 6:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/revelation/6-7.htm">Revelation 6:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/revelation/6-7.htm">Revelation 6:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/6-7.htm">Revelation 6:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/6-7.htm">Revelation 6:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/6-7.htm">Revelation 6:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/6-7.htm">Revelation 6:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/revelation/6-7.htm">Revelation 6:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/revelation/6-7.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 6:7 When he opened the fourth seal (Rev. 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