hand of him who sat on

the throne, a Book written within and without, sealed with Seven Seals:

2 and I saw a mighty angel proclaiming, with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the "Book, and to undo its seals?"

3 And no one in heaven above, nor on the earth, nor below the earth, was able to open the Book, nor to look on it:

4 and I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the Book, nor to look on it:

5 and one of the elders saith to me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath con2 Tim. ii. 8. quered; who will open the Book, and its seven seals.

c. xxii. 16. Is. xi. 10.

6 And I saw, standing between the throne and the four living-creatures and elders, a Lamb, as if it had been slain ; having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth:

7 and he went, and took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

of the saints;

AND I saw, that the Lamb

opened one of the seven seals; and I heard one of the four living-creatures, as it were the sound of thunder, saying, "Come and see!"

2 and I saw, and behold a white horse: and he who sat on it held a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living-creature say, "Come!"

4 and another horse went out, which was red: and authority was given to him who sat on it, to take peace from the earth, that they might slay one another and to him was given a great sword.

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5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living-creature say, "Come, "and see!" and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand:

6 and I heard a voice, in the midst of the four living-crea

8 and behold, a pale horse; and the name of him who sat on it was Death, and the Grave followed him and authority was given to him over the fourth part of the earth, to kill by sword, and by hunger, and by death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

9 And, when he opened the fifth seal, I saw, below the altar, the souls of them that c. xx. 4. had been slain for the Word of God, even for the testimony of the Lamb, which they had held:

10 and they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O "Lord, the holy and true One, "dost thou not judge, and

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avenge our blood on them "that dwell on the earth?"

11 and, to them was given a c. vii. 13-17white robe; and it was told them, that they must rest yet for a time, until the number of their fellow-servants also, and of their brethren, who should be slain as they, should be ful- Heb. xi. 39. filled.

12 And I beheld when he opened the sixth seal, and

there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood; 13 and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree casteth its untimely figs, when it is shaken by a great wind:

14 and the heaven was rolled together, and taken away as a scroll; and all mountains, and islands, were moved from their places:

15 and the kings of the earth, and the nobles, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and free-man, hid themselves in the caves, and among the rocks of the mountains ;

16 and said to the mountains, and to the rocks, "Fall on us, "and hide us from the face "of Him who sitteth on the

ascending from the east, having the seal of the Living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

3 saying, "Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the "trees, until we have sealed "the servants of our God on "their foreheads."

4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed: an hundred and forty and four thousand were sealed of all the tribes of the children of Israel: 5 of the tribe of Judah, were sealed twelve thousand of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand.:

6 of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand of the tribe of Naphthali, twelve thousand of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand:

7 of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand:

8 of the tribe of Zabulon, twelve thousand of the tribe

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angels standing at the four corners of the earth, withholding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, nor on the

sea, nor on any tree.

of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

9 After these things I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no one could number, out of all nations, and tribes,

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before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and having palms in their hands;

10 and they cry with a loud voice, saying, "This salvation "is due to our God who sit "teth on the throne, and to "the Lamb!"

11 and all the angels stood

will the sun, nor any scorching heat, fall on them:

17 for, the Lamb which is before the throne will tend them, and will lead them to fountains of waters of life; and, God will wipe away every tear from their c. xxi. 4.

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the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne, and worshipped God;

13 And one of the elders answered, saying to me, Who are these that are arrayed in white robes? and from whence came they?

14 and I said to him, O my lord, thou knowest: and he said to me, These are they who are come out of the great tribulation; and they have washed, and whitened their robes in the blood of the Lamb:

15 therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his Sanctuary: and he who sitteth on the throne, will dwell among them :

16 they will hunger no more, nor thirst any more; neither

the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about half an hour.

2 And I saw the seven angels that stood before God; and to them were given Seven Trumpets.

3 And another angel came, and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and to him was given much incense, that he should incense the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar which was before the throne;

4 and the smoke of the incense went up before God, from the hand of the angel, together with the prayers of the saints: 5 and the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it to the earth: and there were thunderings, and voices, and lightnings, and earthquake.

6 And the seven angels which had the Seven Trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

7 And the first sounded, and there was hail and fire mingled

with blood, and these were cast on the earth: and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. 8 And the second angel sound

"Wo! Wo! to the inhabiters of "the earth, from the remain"ing voices of the trumpet of "the three angels, who are "about to sound!"

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9 and the third part of the creatures in the sea, that had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

10 And the third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning as a lamp, and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of the waters;

11 and the name of the star is called Apsinthos (that is, Wormwood): and the third part of the waters became as wormwood; and many of the men died of the waters, because they were become bitter.

And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; that the third part of their light might be darkened; and the day shone not for a third part of its light, and the night likewise.

13 And I beheld, and heard an Eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying with a loud voice," Wo!

ed, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth: 2 and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him; and he opened the bottomless pit, 3 and a smoke rose out of the pit, as the smoke of a great burning furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened, by the smoke of the pit :

4 and, out of the smoke came locusts on the earth; and to them was given authority, as the scorpions of the earth have authority:

5 but it was enjoined them, not to harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree; but, only the men who have not the seal of God on their foreheads :

6 and it was given to them in charge, not to kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and their torment, was as the torment of a scorpion, when it stingeth a man: 7 and during those days, men will seek death, but will not find it; and they will desire to die, but death will flee from them.

8 And the forms of the locusts,