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# pale horse
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"grey horse." This is the color of a dead body, so its color is a symbol of death.
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# one-fourth of the earth
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Here "the earth" represents the people of the earth. Alternate translation: "one-fourth of the people on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-fraction]])
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# the sword
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A sword is a weapon, and here it represents war. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# with the wild animals of the earth
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This means that Death and Hades would cause the wild animals to attack and kill people.
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