Revelation 6:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 6:2
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
Ezekiel 4:16
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
Revelation 6:1
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
Zechariah 6:6
The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.
Revelation 4:6-7
And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-8)

The next three seals give us a sad prospect of great and desolating judgments with which God punishes those who either refuse or abuse the everlasting gospel. Though some understand them of the persecutions that befel the church of Christ, and others of the destruction of the Jews, they rather seem more generally to represent God’s terrible judgments, by which he avenges the quarrel of his covenan…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. Come and see--The two oldest manuscripts, A, C, and Vulgate omit “and see.” B retains the words. black--implying sadness and want. had--Greek, “having.” a pair of balances--the symbol of scarcity of provisions, the bread being doled out by weight.