- midst of the throne, and of the teth upon the throne, and unto four beasts, and in the midst of the Lamb, for ever and ever. the elders, stood a Lamb as it 14 And the four beasts said, had been slain, having seven Amen. And the four and twenhorns, and seven eyes, which are ty elders fell down and worshipthe seven Spirits of God sent ped him that liveth for ever and forth into all the earth.

ever.

CHAP. VI.

7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him The opening of six of the seals in order, and that sat upon the throne. what followed thereupon.

8 And when he had taken AND I saw when the Lamb the book, the four beasts, and

four and twenty elders fell down and I heard, as it were the noise before the Lamb, having every of thunder, one of the four beasts, one of them harps, and golden saying, Come and see. vials full of odours, which are 2 And I saw, and behold, a the prayers of saints. white horse: and he that sat on

9 And they sung a new song, him had a bow; and a crown saying, Thou art worthy to take was given unto him: and he the book, and to open the seals went forth conquering, and to thereof: for thou wast slain, and conquer.

hast redeemed us to God by thy 3' And when he had opened blood out of every kindred, and the second seal, I heard the tongue, and people, and na-second beast say, Come and see. tion; 4 And there went out anoth

10 And hast made us unto er horse that was red and power our God kings and priests: and was given to him that sat therewe shall reign on the earth. on to take peace from the earth,

11 And I beheld, and I heard and that they should kill one the voice of many angels round another: and there was given about the throne, and the beasts, unto him a great sword. and the elders: and the number 5 And when he had opened of them was ten thousand times the third seal, I heard the third ten thousand, and thousands of beast say, Come and see. And thousands; I beheld, and lo, a black horse;

12 Saying with a loud voice, and he that sat on him had a Worthy is the Lamb that was pair of balances in his hand. slain to receive power, and rich- 6 And I heard a voice in es, and wisdom, and strength, the midst of the four beasts say, and honour, and glory, and bles- A measure of wheat for a penny, sing. and three measures of barley for 13 And every creature which a penny; and see thou hurt not is in heaven, and on the earth, the oil and the wine.

and under the earth, and such 7 And when he had opened as are in the sea, and all that the fourth seal, I heard the voice. are in them, heard I saying, of the fourth beast say, Come Blessing, and honour, and glory, and see.

and power, be unto him that sit- 8 And I looked, and behold,

a pale horse and his name that hid themselves in the dens and sat on him was Death, and hell in the rocks of the mountains; followed with him. And power 16 And said to the mountains was given unto them over the and rocks, Fall on us, and hide fourth part of the earth, to kill us from the face of him that sitwith sword, and with hunger, teth on the throne, and from and with death, and with the the wrath of the Lamb:

beasts of the earth.

CHAP. VII.

17 For the great day of his 9 And when he had opened wrath is come; and who shall the fifth seal, I saw under the be able to stand? altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and 2 for the testimony which they held:

An angel cometh to seal the servants

of God in their foreheads: 4 the num

ber of them that were sealed out of each

of the tribes of Israel, &c.

10 And they cried with a loud AND after these things I saw voice, saying, How long, O four angels standing on the Lord, holy and true, dost thou four corners of the earth, holdnot judge and avenge our blood ing the four winds of the earth, on them that dwell on the earth? that the wind should not blow 11 And white robes were on the earth, nor on the sea, nor given unto every one of them; on any tree.

and it was said unto them, that 2 And I saw another angel they should rest yet for a little ascending from the east, having season, until their fellow-ser- the seal of the living God: and vants also and their brethren, he cried with a loud voice to that should be killed as they the four angels, to whom it was were, should be fulfilled. given to hurt the earth and the

12 And I beheld when he sea, had opened the sixth seal, and 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, lo, there was a great earthquake; neither the sea, nor the trees, and the sun became black as till we have sealed the servants sackcloth of hair, and the moon of our God in their foreheads. became as blood: 4 And I heard the number

13 And the stars of heaven of them which were sealed: and fell unto the earth, even as a there were sealed a hundred and fig-tree casteth her untimely forty and four thousand of all figs, when she is shaken of a the tribes of the children of mighty wind. Israel.

14 And the heaven departed 5 of the tribe of Juda were as a scroll when it is rolled to- sealed twelve thousand. Of the gether; and every mountain and tribe of Reuben were sealed island were moved out of their twelve thousand. Of the tribe places. of Gad were sealed twelve

15 And the kings of the earth, thousand. and the great men, and the rich 6 Of the tribe of Aser were men, and the chief captains, sealed twelve thousand. Of the and the mighty men, and every tribe of Nephthalim were sealed bond-man, and every free-man, twelve thousand. Of the tribe

of Manasses were sealed twelvel thousand.

15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve

7 Of the tribe of Simeon were him day and night in his temple: sealed twelve thousand. Of the and he that sitteth on the throne tribe of Levi were sealed twelve shall dwell among them. thousand. Of the tribe of Issa- 16 They shall hunger no charweresealed twelve thousand. more, neither thirst any more;

8 of the tribe of Zabulon neither shall the sun light on were sealed twelve thousand. Of them, nor any heat.

the tribe of Joseph were sealed 17 For the Lamb which is twelve thousand. Of the tribe of in the midst of the throne shall Benjamin were sealed twelve feed them, and shall lead them thousand. unto living fountains of waters: 9 After this I beheld, and lo, and God shall wipe away all a great multitude, which no man tears from their eyes. could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

1

CHAP. VIII.

At the opening of the seventh seal, 2 seven angels have seven trumpets given them....6 Four of them sound their trum

pets, and great plagues follow, &c. AND when he had opened

space

10 And cried with a loud the seventh seal, there was voice, saying, Salvation to our silence in heaven about the God which sitteth upon the of half an hour. throne, and unto the Lamb.

2 And I saw the seven angels 11 And all the angels stood which stood before God; and to round about the throne, and a- them were given seven trumpets. bout the elders and the four 3 And another angel came beasts, and fell before the throne and stood at the altar, having a on their faces, and worshipped golden censer; and there was God, given unto him much incense, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, that he should offer it with the and glory, and wisdom, and prayers of all saints upon the thanksgiving, and honour, and golden altar which was before power, and might, be unto our the throne.

God for ever and ever. Amen. 4 And the smoke of the in13 And one of the elders an- cense, which came with the swered, saying unto me, What prayers of the saints, ascended are these which are arrayed in up before God out of the angel's white robes? and whence came hand.

they?

5 And the angel took the cen14 And I said unto him, Sir, ser, and filled it with fire of the thou knowest. And he said to altar, and cast it into the earth: me, These are they which came and there were voices, and out of great tribulation, and thunderings, and lightnings, and have washed their robes, and an earthquake. made them white in the blood 6 And the seven angels of the Lamb. which had the seven trumpets

prepared themselves to sound.

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.

CHAP. IX.

1 At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falleth from heaven, to whom is given the key of the bottomless pit: 2 he openeth

the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions: 12 the first wo is past, &c.

AND the fifth angel sounded,

and I saw a star fall from

8 And the second angel soun- heaven unto the earth and to ded, and as it were a great him was given the key of the mountain burning with fire was bottomless pit.

cast into the sea: and the 2 And he opened the botthird part of the sea became tomless pit; and there arose a blood; smoke out of the pit, as the 9 And the third part of the smoke of a great furnace; and creatures which were in the sea, the sun and the air were darkand had life, died; and the third ened by reason of the smoke of part of the ships were destroy- the pit. ed.

3 And there came out of the

10 And the third angel soun-smoke locusts upon the earth: ded, and there fell a great star and unto them was given powfrom heaven, burning as it were er, as the scorpions of the earth a lamp, and it fell upon the third have power. part of the rivers, and upon the 4 And it was commanded fountains of waters; them that they should not hurt

11 And the name of the star is the grass of the earth, neither called Wormwood: and the any green thing, neither any third part of the waters became tree; but only those men which wormwood; and many men died have not the seal of God in their of the waters, because they were foreheads.

made bitter.

5 And to them it was given 12 And the fourth angel that they should not kill them, sounded, and the third part of but that they should be tormenthe sun was smitten, and the ted five months: and their torthird part of the moon, and the ment was as the torment of a third part of the stars; so as the scorpion, when he striketh a third part of them was darken- man. ed, and the day shone not for 6 And in those days shall a third part of it, and the night men seek death, and shall not likewise. find it; and shall desire to die, 13 And I beheld, and heard an and death shall flee from them. angel flying through the midst 7 And the shapes of the loof heaven, saying with a loud custs were like unto horses prevoice, Wo, wo, wo, to the in- pared unto battle; and on their habiters of the earth, by reason head were as it were crowns like of the other voices of the trum-gold, and their faces were as the pet of the three angels, which faces of men. are yet to sound!

8 And they had hair as the

.

hair of women, and their teeth) 18 By these three was the were as the teeth of lions. third part of men killed, by the 9 And they had breast-plates, fire, and by the smoke, and by as it were breast-plates of iron; the brimstone, which issued out and the sound of their wings of their mouths.

was as the sound of chariots of 19 For their power is in their many horses running to battle. mouth, and in their tails: for

10 And they had tails like their tails were like unto serpents, unto scorpions, and there were and had heads, and with them stings in their tails: and their they do hurt.

power was to hurt men five 20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these

months.

11 And they had a king over plagues yet repented not of the them, which is the angel of the works of their hands, that they bottomless pit, whose name in should not worship devils, and the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, idols of gold, and silver, and but in the Greek tongue hath brass, and stone, and of wood: his name Apollyon. which neither can see, nor hear,

12 One wo is past; and be- nor walk: hold, there come two woes more 21 Neither repented they of hereafter. their murders, nor of their sor

13 And the sixth angel ceries, nor of their fornication, sounded, and I heard a voice nor of their thefts.

from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which

are

bound in the great river Eu- AND I saw another mighty

phrates.

angel come down from 15 And the four angels were heaven, clothed with a cloud: loosed, which were prepared for and a rainbow was upon his an hour, and a day, and a head, and his face was as it month, and a year, for to slay were the sun, and his feet as the third part of men. pillars of fire:

16 And the number of the 2 And he had in his hand a army of the horsemen were two little book open: and he set his hundred thousand thousand right foot upon the sea, and and I heard the number of them. his left foot on the earth,

17 And thus I saw the horses 3 And cried with a loud in the vision, and them that sat voice, as when a lion roareth: on them, having breast-plates and when he had cried, seven of fire, and of jacinth, and thunders uttered their voices. brimstone: and the heads of the 4 And when the seven thunhorses were as the heads of lions; ders had uttered their voices, I and out of their mouths issued was about to write: and I heard fire, and smoke, and brim- a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things

stone.