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looked = saw, as Rev_6:1.
pale = livid. Greek. chloros; in Rev_8:7; Rev_9:4. Mar_6:39, rendered "green".
and . . . Death. "Literally and the one sitting on (Greek. epano, first occ Mat_2:9, "over") him, the name to him (is) Death.
Death. By Metonymy (of Effect) (App-6) = pestilence. Famine is invariably followed by pestilence. Here, Death and Hades are personified. Compare Rev_9:11.
Hell. App-131.
power. App-172.
fourth. See App-10.
beasts = wild beasts. Greek. therion. Occurs thirty-eight times in Rev., thirty-seven of "the beast". And here it may indicate the nations supporting "the beast". See Dan 7 for the Divine description of "the powers" as "wild beasts".