Revelation 6
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1And I looked when the Lamb opened one from out of the seven seals and I heard one from out of the four living creatures saying, like as a voice of thunder, Come! 2And I looked, and behold, a white horse, and the one sitting upon it having a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out overcoming and so that he might conquer.

3And when He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come! 4And another horse, a fire-colored (pyrros, latin-rufus-red) one, went out; and the one sitting upon it was given to him to take the peace from out of the earth, so that they will slay (slaughter by violence) one another; and a great sword (slaughter-knife/dagger) was given to him.

5And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come; and I looked, and behold, a black horse, and the one sitting upon it, having a pair of scales (also used of a yoke) in his hand. pints) of wheat for a denarius (small Roman silver coin about 53 grams, it was equal to one days wages in Roman times for a common soldier or farmer, possibly worth between $70 today by minimum wage standards for a 10hr day, if you go by the current value of silver+53 grams=$29), and three choenixes of barley for a denarius; and you should not act unjustly towards (damage, injure, harm, latin-laeseris-hurt) the oil (olive oil but olive oil was used for feeding lamps and healing sick- possibly an indication that petro oil and medicine are a possibility here, latin-oleum-oil possibly like petroleum) and the wine. 6And I heard like as a voice in the midst (middle) of the four living creatures, saying, A choenix (a Greek dry measure for less than a quart, equal to 1.92 pints) of wheat for a denarius (small Roman silver coin about 53 grams, it was equal to one days wages in Roman times for a common soldier or farmer, possibly worth between $70 today by minimum wage standards for a 10hr day, if you go by the current value of silver+53 grams=$29), and three choenixes of barley for a denarius; and you should not act unjustly towards (damage, injure, harm, latin-laeseris-hurt) the oil (olive oil but olive oil was used for feeding lamps and healing sick- possibly an indication that petro oil and medicine are a possibility here, latin-oleum-oil possibly like petroleum) and the wine.

7And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come! 8And I looked, and behold, a pale (chloros, a pale green, yellowish, greenish yellow, root of chlorine which is a pale greenish yellow color, latin-pallidus-pale), and the one sitting above (upon-up) it, his name was Death, and Hades followed (accompanied) with him; and authority was given to them over (upon) the fourth of the earth to kill with (in) sword (rhomphaia-long-large-broad sword), and with (in) famine (hunger, scarcity of food, root is destitute/lack, latin-fame-hunger like famine) and with (in) death, and by (under) the wild beasts (wild animals, latin-bestiis-wild root is beast) of the earth.

9And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw (looked) underneath the altar the souls of those having been slain because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they held; 10And they were crying (like a raven’s piercing cry, urgent screaming) with a great voice, saying, Until when, O Master, holy and true, will You judge (not do you judge) and avenge our blood from out of those residing upon the earth? 11And white robes (stole, a long robe worn by the upper/elite classes in the east) were given to each of them and it was said to them so that they will rest yet a little time, until their fellow-bondslaves and their brothers being about to be killed like as they also [had been] would be fulfilled (completed, made full).

12And I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake (seismos, latin-terraemotus) and the sun became black like as sackcloth (used in mourning) made of hair, and the whole moon became like as blood; 13And the stars of heaven fell unto (into) the earth, like as a fig tree casts its unripe figs (not ripening in due time, untimely, unseasonable, winter, latin-grossos, grows through the winter, yet does not come to maturity but falls off in the spring) being shaken by (under) a great wind. 14And heaven departed (separate away from, part asunder, severed) like as a book being folded up (or scroll being rolled up), and every mountain and island were moved from out of their places. 15And the kings of the earth, and the great ones (grandees, magnates), and the commanders (military commander of a thousand soldiers), and the rich, and the strong ones, and every bond-slave and freeman, hid themselves into (unto) the caves (latin-speluncis-caves like spelunking) and into (unto) the rocks of the mountains; 16And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall upon us and hide us away from the face of the One sitting upon the throne and away from the wrath of the Lamb; 17Because the great day of His wrath has come and who is able to stand?


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