Zechariah 1:9
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
8 I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
“What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”
11 And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
- KJV
- Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
- WEB
- Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’” The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
- ASV
- Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these are.
- DARBY
- And I said, My lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these are.
- BLB
- And I said, “What [are] these, my lord?” And the angel speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what they [are], these [things].”
- ÅB
- Da sa jeg: Hva er dette, herre? Og engelen som talte med meg, sa til meg: Jeg vil la deg se hva dette er.
- OTB
- Da sa jeg: "Hva er dette, herre?" Og engelen som talte med meg sa: "Jeg vil vise deg hva dette er."
- B1930
- Da sa jeg: Hvad er dette, herre? Og engelen som talte med mig, sa til mig: Jeg vil la dig se hvad dette er.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 4:4–5
“What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
Read in contextRevelation 7:13–14
Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”
Read in contextGenesis 31:11
In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
Read in contextZechariah 2:3
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him
Read in contextDaniel 9:22–23
He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.
Read in contextZechariah 1:19
So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Read in contextZechariah 5:5
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
Read in contextDaniel 10:11–14
He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
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