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Revelation 6:8

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

KJV

καὶ ἴδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἵππος χλωρός, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ ὄνομα αὐτῷ θάνατος, καὶ ὁ ᾅδης ἠκολούθει μετ’ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἐξουσία ἐπὶ τὸ τέταρτον τῆς γῆς, ἀποκτεῖναι ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ καὶ ἐν θανάτῳ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν θηρίων τῆς γῆς.

Greek NT

Et ecce equus pallidus : et qui sedebat super eum, nomen illi Mors, et infernus sequebatur eum, et data est illi potestas super quatuor partes terræ, interficere gladio, fame, et morte, et bestiis terræ.

Vulgate

And 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.

ASV

And behold a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death. And hell followed him. And power was given to him over the four parts of the earth, to kill with sword, with famine and with death and with the beasts of the earth.

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In the original Greek

24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
θηρίον
therion
noun · 45×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λιμός
limos
noun · 12×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
τέταρτος
tetartos
adjective · 10×
χλωρός
chloros
adjective · 4×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
verb · 74×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξουσία
exousia
noun · 102×
ἐπάνω
epano
adverb · 18×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἵππος
ippos
noun · 17×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
ᾅδης
ades
noun · 10×
ῥομφαία
romphaia
noun · 7×

Textual variants

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

trivial
SBLGNT: εἶδον καὶ , | WH/Treg/NIV: εἶδον καὶ
  • εἶδον καὶ ,SBLGNT
  • εἶδον καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ | RP: αὐτῷ
  • μετ᾽ αὐτοῦSBLGNT
  • μετ᾽ αὐτοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτῷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτοῖς | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτοῖς | RP: αὐτῷ
  • αὐτοῖςSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῖςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτῷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:55 — O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
  • Ezek 5:12 — A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third p
  • Ezek 5:15 — So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes
  • Ezek 14:13 — Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will
  • Hab 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations,
  • Hos 13:14 — I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
  • Isa 25:8 — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
  • Jer 15:2 — And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the swor
  • Jer 15:3 — And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
  • Jer 16:4 — They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famin
  • Jer 16:16 — Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of th
  • Lev 26:22 — I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
  • Matt 24:7 — For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
  • Rev 1:18 — I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
  • Rev 2:23 — And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
  • Rev 8:7 — The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
  • Rev 9:15 — And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
  • Rev 9:18 — By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
  • Rev 20:13 — And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
  • Rev 20:13 — And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
  • Zech 6:3 — And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
  • Zech 6:3 — And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.