Let's look at three translations of the verses concerning the pale horse of Revelation 6 to determine the true color of this horse.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
(Revelation 6:7-8 King James Version)
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, “Come!” I looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence, and by the wild animals of the earth.
(Revelation 6:7-8 New Revised Standard Version)
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
(Revelation 6:7-8 New American Standard Bible)
In the margin of the NASB concerning the "ashen horse" it gives "or sickly pale." Most translation have "pale horse" but some have "pale green horse."
Now by doing a word study of the Greek word we can actually determine which of these translations are more accurate on the color of the horse. The Greek word "chloros" translated here is given number 5515 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance and comes from 5514 with the prime meaning of "green". Strong's gives the translations for 5515 as greenish, green, pale. I would like to point out that "chlorophyll" also comes from this word "chloros" which is the pigment in plants that makes them green.
So there is no reasom why all the translators did not translate the word as green unless they did not like the idea of a green horse. In fact the same word with the exact same spelling is translated "green" when used with grass in Revelation 8:7 and with any "green" thing or tree in Revelation 9:4.
So I have no doubt that this horse is of a greenish color like the color of Islam.
The Instructor
Rider On A Pale Horse
19 May '13 14:43
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