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Revelation 6:7

What does Revelation 6:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Revelation 6:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Revelation 6:7 means

The fourth seal is opened, and the fourth living creature calls, “Come,” as before. The repeated formality exhibits heaven’s order and deliberation. By now the reader feels the cadence: each seal broken by the Lamb, each summons uttered by one of the living creatures. The fourth will not be a mere repetition, however; it will combine the earlier judgments into their grim harvest. The verse itself is spare, but it signals the arrival of the most devastating horseman yet, who embodies the culmination of conquest, war, and famine into their inevitable result—death on a large scale.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And when the fourth stamp was undone, the voice of the fourth beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, `Come and behold!'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying: Come and see.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And when it opened the fourth seal, I heard [the voice of] the fourth living creature saying, Come [and see].

Context

This brief line transitions from the measured scarcity of the third seal to the sweeping mortality of the fourth. The established pattern once more readies the reader for another rider and underscores that none of this unfolds outside the Lamb’s directive. The next verse (8) will introduce the pale horse and name its rider, disclosing both the extent of authority granted and the multiple instruments by which death will strike.

v.6And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.

v.7This passage

v.8And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 6:3

    And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.

  • Revelation 4:7

    And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face as of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.

  • Revelation 6:1

    And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.

  • Revelation 6:5

    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.

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