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Literal Standard Version
Zechariah 6:4
And I answer and say to the messenger who is speaking with me, "What [are] these, my lord?"
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Christian Standard Bible®
So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
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?"
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 ?
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?
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?"
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?"
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?"
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?"
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?
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?"
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?"
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?"
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?"
"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?"
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?
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?"
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?
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?"
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?"
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?
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?
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?
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?'
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?
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?
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?
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?"
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?
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?
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?
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?"
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?"
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.
"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?"
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?"
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?
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?
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?"
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?'
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?
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?"
I asked the Messenger-Angel, "Sir, what's the meaning here?"
Contextual Overview
1And I turn back, and lift up my eyes, and look, and behold, four chariots are coming forth from between two of the mountains, and the mountains [are] mountains of bronze. 2In the first chariot [are] red horses, and in the second chariot brown horses, 3and in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot strong spotted horses. 4And I answer and say to the messenger who is speaking with me, "What [are] these, my lord?"5And the messenger answers and says to me, "These [are] four spirits of the heavens coming forth from presenting themselves before the Lord of the whole earth. 6The brown horses that [are] therein, are coming forth to the land of the north; and the white have come forth to their back part; and the spotted have come forth to the land of the south; 7and the strong ones have come forth, and they seek to go to walk up and down in the earth"; and he says, "Go, walk up and down in the earth"; and they walk up and down in the earth. 8And he calls me, and speaks to me, saying, "See, those coming forth to the land of the north have caused My Spirit to rest in the land of the north."
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 you do it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the Ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;
and this [is] how you do it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the Ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;
Genesis 6:20
From the bird after its kind, and from the livestock after its kind, [and] from every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [kind] they come to you, to keep alive.
From the bird after its kind, and from the livestock after its kind, [and] from every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [kind] they come to you, to keep alive.
Genesis 6:21
And you, take for yourself from all food that is eaten; and you have gathered [it] to yourself, and it has been for you and for them for food."
And you, take for yourself from all food that is eaten; and you have gathered [it] to yourself, and it has been for you and for them for food."
Genesis 6:22
And Noah does according to all that God has commanded him; so he has done.
And Noah does according to all that God has commanded him; so he has done.
Genesis 11:4
And they say, "Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower with its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth."
And they say, "Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower with its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth."
Numbers 13:33
and there we saw the giants, sons of Anak, of the giants; and we are as grasshoppers in our own eyes—and so we were in their eyes."
and there we saw the giants, sons of Anak, of the giants; and we are as grasshoppers in our own eyes—and so we were in their eyes."
Numbers 16:2
and they rise up before Moses with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called of the convention, men of renown,
and they rise up before Moses with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called of the convention, men of renown,
Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead [is] a bedstead of iron. Is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? Its length [is] nine cubits and its breadth [is] four cubits, by the cubit of a man.
For only Og king of Bashan had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead [is] a bedstead of iron. Is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? Its length [is] nine cubits and its breadth [is] four cubits, by the cubit of a man.
1 Samuel 17:4
And a man goes out, the champion from the camps of the Philistines, his name [is] Goliath, from Gath; his height [is] six cubits and a span [[or four cubits and a span]],
And a man goes out, the champion from the camps of the Philistines, his name [is] Goliath, from Gath; his height [is] six cubits and a span [[or four 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?
