Parallel Verses English Standard Version When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. King James Bible 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. American Standard Version And when he opened the first 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. Douay-Rheims Bible And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying: Come, and see. And behold a black horse, and he that sat on him had a pair of scales in his hand. English Revised Version 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. Webster's Bible Translation And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living being 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. Weymouth New Testament When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come." I looked, and a black horse appeared, its rider carrying a balance in his hand. Revelation 6:5 Parallel Commentary Vincent's Word StudiesCome and see Omit and see. Black The color of mourning and famine. See Jeremiah 4:28; Jeremiah 8:21; Malachi 3:14, where mournfully is, literally, in black. Pair of balances (ζυγὸν) Rev., a balance. Properly, anything which joins two bodies; hence a yoke (Matthew 11:29; Acts 15:10). The cross-beam of the loom, to which the warp was fixed; the thwarts joining the opposite sides of a ship; the beam of the balance, and hence the balance itself. The judgment of this seal is scarcity, of which the balance is a symbol, representing the time when food is doled out by weight. See Leviticus 26:26; Ezekiel 4:16. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge he had. See on ver. a black. Zechariah 6:2,6 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses... had. Lamentations 5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. Cross References Ezekiel 4:16 Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay. Zechariah 6:2 The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses, Zechariah 6:6 The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward the south country." Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. Revelation 4:7 the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. Jump to Previous Appeared Balance Balances Beast Beheld Black Broke Creature First Hand Heard Holding Horse Lamb Opened Pair Sat Seal Sitting Stamp Thereon Third Undone VoiceJump to Next Appeared Balance Balances Beast Beheld Black Broke Creature First Hand Heard Holding Horse Lamb Opened Pair Sat Seal Sitting Stamp Thereon Third Undone VoiceLinks Revelation 6:5 NIVRevelation 6:5 NLT Revelation 6:5 ESV Revelation 6:5 NASB Revelation 6:5 KJV Revelation 6:5 Bible Apps Revelation 6:5 Biblia Paralela Revelation 6:5 Chinese Bible Revelation 6:5 French Bible Revelation 6:5 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |