Revelation 6:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

heard. The texts add "as it were".

voice. Same as noise, Revelation 6:1.

measure. Greek. choenix.. App-51.

penny. App-51. Bread by weight means scarcity (compare Ezekiel 4:10; Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 4:17).. denarius was. day's wage (Matthew 20:2), and. choenix of corn was. slave's daily ration, an amount usually purchasable for one-eighth of. denarius.

see. Omit, and read the clause "and hurt thou not" (App-105).

oil... wine. By Figure of speech Metalepsis this may point to special protection of the elect in famine times. See Revelation 12:14.Zechariah 13:8; Romans 3:1; Romans 3:2; Romans 9:4; Romans 9:5.

Revelation 6:6

6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measurea of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.