Zechariah 6:1
And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
2 The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
3 the third white horses, and the fourth dappled horses—all of them strong.
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.
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- BSB
- And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
- KJV
- And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
- WEB
- Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of bronze.
- ASV
- And again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
- DARBY
- And I lifted up mine eyes again, and saw, and behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
- BLB
- And I turned and lifted up my eyes, and I looked, and behold, four chariots were coming forth from between two mountains; and the mountains [were] mountains of bronze.
- ÅB
- Så løftet jeg øynene mine opp igjen og fikk se fire vogner som kom fram mellom to fjell, og fjellene var kobberfjell.
- OTB
- Jeg løftet øynene mine igjen og så fire vogner komme ut fra mellom to fjell—fjell laget av bronse.
- B1930
- Så løftet jeg atter mine øine op og fikk se fire vogner som kom frem mellem to fjell, og fjellene var kobberfjell.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
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Then I looked up and saw four horns.
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They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
Read in contextZechariah 6:5
And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.
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Read in contextDaniel 7:3–7
Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:
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