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Complete Jewish Bible
Zechariah 6:2
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The first chariot had chestnut horses, the second chariot black horses,
In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
In the first charet were red horses, and in the second charet, blacke horses.
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses,
Red horses pulled the first chariot. Black horses pulled the second chariot.
The first chariot had red horses (war, bloodshed), the second chariot had black horses (famine, death),
In the first charet were red horses, and in the second charet blacke horses,
With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses,
With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses,
The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
The first chariot was pulled by red horses, and the second by black horses;
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
Red horses were pulling the first chariot. Black horses were pulling the second chariot.
In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second by black horses,
With the first chariot there were red horses, and with the second chariot there were black horses.
With the first chariot were red horses, and with the second chariot black horses,
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
In the first war-carriage were red horses; and in the second, black horses;
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
In the first charret were red horses, in ye seconde charret were blacke horses,
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
In the firste foure horsid carte weren reed horsis, and in the secounde foure horsid carte weren blac horsis;
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
In the first chariot [were] red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
Harnessed to the first chariot were red horses, to the second black horses,
With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses,
The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second by black horses,
The first war-wagon had red horses. The second war-wagon had black horses.
The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses,
In the first chariot, were red horses, - and, in the second chariot, black horses;
In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot black horses.
The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
In the first chariot [are] red horses, and in the second chariot brown horses,
In the first charet were reade horse, In the secode charet were blacke horse,
The first chariot was drawn by red horses, the second chariot by black horses, the third chariot by white horses, and the fourth chariot by dappled horses. All the horses were powerful.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
red: Zechariah 1:8, Revelation 6:2-5, Revelation 12:3, Revelation 17:3
black: Zechariah 6:6, Revelation 6:5, Revelation 6:6
Reciprocal: Nahum 2:3 - made Revelation 6:4 - horse
Cross-References
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it had a pleasing appearance and that the tree was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her; and he ate.
To Shet too was born a son, whom he called Enosh. That is when people began to call on the name of Adonai .
In time, when men began to multiply on earth, and daughters were born to them,
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
Adonai said, "My Spirit will not live in human beings forever, for they too are flesh; therefore their life span is to be 120 years."
The N'filim were on the earth in those days, and also afterwards, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the ancient heroes, men of renown.
Adonai regretted that he had made humankind on the earth; it grieved his heart.
Adonai said, "I will wipe out humankind, whom I have created, from the whole earth; and not only human beings, but animals, creeping things and birds in the air; for I regret that I ever made them."
But Noach found grace in the sight of Adonai . Haftarah B'resheet: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 42:5–43:10 (A); 42:5–21 (S) B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'resheet: Mattityahu (Matthew) 1:1–17; 19:3–9; Mark 10:1–12; Luke 3:23–38; Yochanan (John) 1:1–18; 1 Corinthians 6:15–20; 15:35–58; Romans 5:12–21; Ephesians 5:21–32; Colossians 1:14–17; 1 Timothy 2:11–15; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 1:1–3; 3:7–4:11; 11:1–7; 2 Kefa (2 Peter) 3:3–14; Revelation 21:1–5; 22:1–5 Here is the history of Noach. In his generation, Noach was a man righteous and wholehearted; Noach walked with God. Noach fathered three sons, Shem, Ham and Yefet. The earth was corrupt before God, the earth was filled with violence. God saw the earth, and, yes, it was corrupt; for all living beings had corrupted their ways on the earth. God said to Noach, "The end of all living beings has come before me, for because of them the earth is filled with violence. I will destroy them along with the earth. Make yourself an ark of gofer-wood; you are to make the ark with rooms and cover it with pitch both outside and inside. Here is how you are to build it: the length of the ark is to be 450 feet, its width seventy-five feet and its height forty-five feet. You are to make an opening for daylight in the ark eighteen inches below its roof. Put a door in its side; and build it with lower, second and third decks. "Then I myself will bring the flood of water over the earth to destroy from under heaven every living thing that breathes; everything on earth will be destroyed. But I will establish my covenant with you; you will come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife and your sons' wives with you. "From everything living, from each kind of living being, you are to bring two into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they are to be male and female. Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive. Also take from all the kinds of food that are eaten, and collect it for yourself; it is to be food for you and for them." This is what Noach did; he did all that God ordered him to do.
God saw the earth, and, yes, it was corrupt; for all living beings had corrupted their ways on the earth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In the first chariot [were] red horses,.... If these are to be understood of the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the Gospel, they may be compared to "horses", for bearing the name of Christ, and drawing the chariot of the Gospel; for their strength to labour in the word and doctrine; for their courage in the cause of Christ; and for their swiftness in doing his work; and to "red" ones, for their flaming zeal for the honour of the Redeemer, and their bloody sufferings for his sake: and if of angels, they may be compared to "horses", because strong and swift to do the will of God; and to "red" ones, because they are the executioners of his wrath and vengeance on wicked men: but if by "the chariots" are meant the monarchies, then by these "red horses" must be designed the Babylonians and Chaldeans, so called because their soldiers were clothed in red, and their chariots were like flaming torches; and they were sanguinary, cruel, and bloody in their tempers, and in their actions to the Jews; and were signified by Nebuchadnezzar's head of gold in his image; see Nahum 2:3:
and in the second chariot black horses; which, applied to the apostles and ministers of the Gospel, may denote their mean and abject appearance outwardly, and their knowledge in the mysteries of grace, which are dark and obscure to others; and, if understood of angels, is applicable to them, when messengers of ill tidings, or executioners of judgment: but if the monarchies are meant, which seems best, the Medes and Persians are intended; and their "black" colour is expressive of the sorrowful estate of the Jews under them, especially in the time of Haman, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe: black horses were reckoned strong, well made, and fit for labour; and the Ethiopians and Moors chose to have their horses they used in war all of this colour, to strike the greater horror and terror into their enemies; and to see black horses in a dream was accounted a bad omen s. The Medes and Persians were a strong and warlike people, and were very terrible to their enemies, under Cyrus; and very troublesome and distressing to the Jews, under Cambyses and Ahasuerus.
s Vid. Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 7. col. 106, 107.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The symbol is different from that in the first vision. There Zechariah 1:8, they were horses only, with their riders, to go to and fro to enquire; here they are war-chariots with their horses, to execute God’s judgments, each in their turn. In the first vision also, there is not the characteristic fourfold division, which reminds of the four world-empires of Daniel Daniel 2:0; after which, in both prophets, is the mention of the kingdom of Christ. Even if the grisled horses be the same as the speckled of the first vision, the black horses are wanting there, as well as the succession, in which they go forth. The only resemblance is, that there are horses of divers colors, two of which, red and white, are the same. The symbol of the fourth empire, grizzled, strong, remarkably corresponds with the strength and mingled character of the fourth empire in Daniel.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Zechariah 6:2. In the first chariot were red horses] The empire of the Chaldeans, which overthrew the empire of the Assyrians.
The second chariot black horses — The empire of the Persians founded by Cyrus, which destroyed the empire of the Chaldeans.
