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. |
So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth. |
And I looked, and behold, an ashen (sickly pale) horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence (death) and by the wild beasts of the earth. |
I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth. |
So I looked, and behold, an ashy pale horse [black and blue as if made so by bruising – a description of the livid, ashen discolored appearance of the dead; it symbolizes death and pestilence], and its rider’s name was Death, and Hades (the realm of the dead) followed him closely. And they were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with plague (pestilence, disease) and with wild beasts of the earth. |
And I saw, and consider this, a pallid horse, greenish-yellow in color. And the one who is seated upon it was named The Death. And the Unseen keep on following with him. And there was given to them authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword and with famine and with pestilence and by means of the wild beasts of the earth. |
Again I looked, and there appeared a horse sickly green in colour. The name of its rider was death, and the grave followed close behind him. A quarter of the earth was put into their power; to kill with the sword, by famine, by violence, and through the wild beasts of the earth. |
I looked, and a pale horse appeared, and its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. Power was give to them over one quarter of the earth, to kill the people with sword, famine, death (Hebrew, pestilence), and the wild animals of the earth. |
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