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JPS Old Testament

Zechariah 6:4

Then I answered and said unto the angel that spoke 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?"
Amplified Bible
Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
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?
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

1 And again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. 2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 3 and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled bay horses. 4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that spoke with me: 'What are these, my lord?' 5 And the angel answered and said unto me: 'These chariots go forth to the four winds of heaven, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. 6 That wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country; 7 and the bay went forth'. And they sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth; and he said: 'Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth.' So they walked to and fro through the earth. 8 Then cried he upon me, and spoke unto me, saying: 'Behold, they that go toward the north country have eased My spirit 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
And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:20
Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:21
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.'
Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis 11:4
And they said: 'Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'
Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.'
Numbers 16:2
and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect men of the assembly, men of renown;
Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.--
1 Samuel 17:4
And there went out a champion 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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