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Revelation 6:4

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.

KJV

καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἄλλος ἵππος πυρρός, καὶ τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἐδόθη αὐτῷ λαβεῖν τὴν εἰρήνην ἐκ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἵνα ἀλλήλους σφάξουσιν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ μάχαιρα μεγάλη.

Greek NT

Et exivit alius equus rufus : et qui sedebat super illum, datum est ei ut sumeret pacem de terra, et ut invicem se interficiant, et datus est ei gladius magnus.

Vulgate

And anotherhorsecame forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

ASV

And there went out another horse that was red. And to him that sat thereon, it was given that he should take peace from the earth: and that they should kill one another. And a great sword was given to him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
εἰρήνη
eirene
noun · 90×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
μάχαιρα
machaira
noun · 29×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
πυῤῥός
purros
noun · 3×
σφάζω
sphazo
verb · 10×
ἀλλήλων
allelon
reciprocal_pronoun · 100×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ἵππος
ippos
noun · 17×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: σφάξουσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: σφάξουσιν | RP: σφάξωσιν
  • σφάξουσινSBLGNT
  • σφάξουσινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • σφάξωσινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 16:5 — For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
  • Matt 10:34 — Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
  • Rev 13:10 — He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
  • Rev 17:6 — And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
  • Zech 1:8 — I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
  • Zech 1:8 — I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
  • Zech 6:2 — In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;