⁴ And out came another horse, ^(A)bright red. Its rider was permitted ^(B)to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

⁵ When he opened the third seal, I heard the ^(C)third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, ^(D)a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.

⁸ And I looked, and behold, ^(A)a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill ^(B)with sword and with famine and with pestilence and ^(C)by wild beasts of the earth.

² The first chariot had ^(A)red horses, the second ^(B)black horses, ³ the third ^(C)white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.^{[a] 4} Then I answered and said to ^(D)the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” ⁵ And the angel answered and said to me, ^(E)“These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after ^(F)presenting themselves before ^(G)the Lord of all the earth. ⁶ The chariot with the black horses goes toward ^(H)the north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward ^(I)the south country.” ⁷ When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and ^(J)patrol the earth. And he said, “Go, ^(K)patrol the earth.” ^(L)So they patrolled the earth.