Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech: Revelation | Page 5

break its seals; Because Thou hast been offered
in sacrifice, And hast purchased for God with Thine own blood Some out of every tribe
and language and people and nation, 005:010 And hast formed them into a Kingdom to
be priests to our God, And they reign over the earth." 005:011 And I looked, and heard
what seemed to be the voices of countless angels on every side of the throne, and of the
living creatures and the Elders. Their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of
thousands, 005:012 and in loud voices they were singing, "It is fitting that the Lamb
which has been offered in sacrifice should receive all power and riches and wisdom and
might and honor and glory and blessing." 005:013 And as for every created thing in
Heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and everything that was in any of

these, I heard them say, "To Him who is seated on the throne, And to the Lamb, Be
ascribed all blessing and honor And glory and might, Until the Ages of the Ages!"
005:014 Then the four living creatures said "Amen," and the Elders fell down and
worshipped. 006:001 And when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals I saw it, and I
heard one of the four living creatures say, as if in a voice of thunder, "Come." 006:002
And I looked and a white horse appeared, and its rider carried a bow; and a victor's
wreath was given to him; and he went out conquering and in order to conquer. 006:003
And when the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature say,
"Come." 006:004 And another horse came out--a fiery-red one; and power was given to
its rider to take peace from the earth, and to cause men to kill one another; and a great
sword was given to him. 006:005 When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third
living creature say, "Come." I looked, and a black horse appeared, its rider carrying a
balance in his hand. 006:006 And I heard what seemed to be a voice speaking in the
midst of the four living creatures, and saying, "A quart of wheat for a shilling, and three
quarts of barley for a shilling; but do not injure either the oil or the wine." 006:007 When
the Lamb broke the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say,
"Come." 006:008 I looked and a pale-colored horse appeared. Its rider's name was Death,
and Hades came close behind him; and authority was given to them over the fourth part
of the earth, to kill with the sword or with famine or pestilence or by means of the wild
beasts of the earth. 006:009 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw at the foot of the
altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed because of the word of God and
of the testimony which they had given. 006:010 And now in loud voices they cried out,
saying, "How long, O Sovereign Lord, the holy One and the true, dost Thou delay
judgment and the taking of vengeance upon the inhabitants of the earth for our blood?"
006:011 And there was given to each of them a long white robe, and they were bidden to
wait patiently for a short time longer, until the full number of their fellow bondservants
should also complete--namely of their brethren who were soon to be killed just as they
had been. 006:012 When the Lamb broke the sixth seal I looked, and there was a great
earthquake, and the sun became as dark as sackcloth, and the whole disc of the moon
became like blood. 006:013 The stars in the sky also fell to the earth, as when a fig-tree,
upon being shaken by a gale of wind, casts its unripe figs to the ground. 006:014 The sky
too passed away, as if a scroll were being rolled up, and every mountain and island was
removed from its place. 006:015 The kings of the earth and the great men, the military
chiefs, the wealthy and the powerful--all, whether slaves or free men-- hid themselves in
the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 006:016 while they called to the mountains
and the rocks, saying, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the
throne and from the anger of the Lamb; 006:017 for the day of His anger--that great
day--has come, and who is able to stand?" 007:001 After this I saw four angels standing
at the four corners of the earth, and holding back the four winds of the earth so that no
wind should blow over the earth