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Zechariah 6:4

Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Vision;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Answer;   Horses;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Vision;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zephaniah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chariots;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Colours;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Horse;   Zechariah, Prophecy of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chariot;   Four;   Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Merkabah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
Hebrew Names Version
Then I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
King James Version (1611)
Then I answered, and said vnto the Angel that talked with mee, What are these, my Lord ?
King James Version
Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
English Standard Version
Then I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
New American Standard Bible
So I responded and said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
New Century Version
I asked the angel who was talking with me, "What are these, sir?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then I answered, and saide vnto the Angell that talked with mee, What are these, my Lorde?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then I spoke and said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I answered and said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
Berean Standard Bible
So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
Contemporary English Version
"Sir," I asked the angel. "What do these stand for?"
Complete Jewish Bible
I asked the angel speaking with me, "What are these, my Lord?"
Darby Translation
And I spoke and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
Easy-to-Read Version
I asked the angel who was talking with me, "Sir, what does this mean?"
George Lamsa Translation
Then I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, What are these, my lord?
Good News Translation
Then I asked the angel, "Sir, what do these chariots mean?"
Lexham English Bible
And I answered and said to the angel that was talking to me, "What are these, my lord?"
Literal Translation
And I answered and said to the angel who was talking with me, What are these, my lord?
American Standard Version
Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
Bible in Basic English
And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then I answered and said unto the angel that spoke with me: 'What are these, my lord?'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then spake I, and saide vnto the angel that talked with me: O Lord, what are these?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my Lord?
English Revised Version
Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
World English Bible
Then I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y answeride, and seide to the aungel that spak in me, What ben these thingis, my lord?
Update Bible Version
Then I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
Webster's Bible Translation
Then I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What [are] these, my lord?
New English Translation
Then I asked the angelic messenger who was speaking with me, "What are these, sir?"
New King James Version
Then I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
New Living Translation
"And what are these, my lord?" I asked the angel who was talking with me.
New Life Bible
Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
New Revised Standard
Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then began I, and said, unto the messenger who was speaking with me, - What are these, my lord?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me: What are these, my lord?
Revised Standard Version
Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
Young's Literal Translation
And I answer and say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, `What [are] these, my lord?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then spake I, and sayde vnto the angel that talked with me: O lorde, what are these?
THE MESSAGE
I asked the Messenger-Angel, "Sir, what's the meaning here?"

Contextual Overview

1Now again I looked up, and four chariots were coming out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of [firm, immovable] bronze (divine judgment). 2The first chariot had red horses (war, bloodshed), the second chariot had black horses (famine, death), 3the third chariot had white horses (victory), and the fourth chariot had strong dappled horses (death through judgment). 4Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"5The angel answered me, "These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth, 6with the chariot with the black horses going toward the north country; then the one with the white horses follows after them [because there are two northern powers to overcome], and the chariot with the dappled horses goes toward the south country." 7When the strong horses went out, they were eager to patrol the earth. And the LORD said, "Go, patrol the earth." So they patrolled the earth [watching and protecting it]. 8Then He called out to me and said to me, "See, those who are going to the north country have quieted My Spirit [of wrath] in the north country."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unto: Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:19-21, Zechariah 5:5, Zechariah 5:6, Zechariah 5:10

Reciprocal: Daniel 9:22 - he informed Zechariah 4:4 - What

Cross-References

Genesis 6:15
"This is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits (450' x 75' x 45').
Genesis 6:20
"Of fowls and birds according to their kind, of animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind—two of every kind shall come to you to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:21
"Also take with you every kind of food that is edible, and you shall collect and store it; and it shall be food for you and for them."
Genesis 6:22
So Noah did this; according to all that God commanded him, that is what he did.
Genesis 11:4
They said, "Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the LORD instructed]."
Numbers 13:33
"There we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight."
Numbers 16:2
and they rose up [in rebellion] before Moses, together with some of the Israelites, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation chosen in the assembly, men of distinction.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the [giants known as the] Rephaim. Behold, his bed frame was a bed frame of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? It was nine cubits (12 ft.) long and four cubits (6 ft.) wide, using the cubit of a man [the forearm to the end of the middle finger].)
1 Samuel 17:4
Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me,.... After he had seen the chariots come out, and had observed the different colours of the horses in them:

what [are] these, my lord? that is, what do they signify? what is the meaning of this vision?


 
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