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Zechariah 6:3
3The third chariot had white horses and the fourth chariot had grey horses. All the horses were strong.
Zechariah 6:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
- New International Version (NIV)the third white, and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful.
- English Standard Version (ESV)the third white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.
- New King James Version (NKJV)with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot dappled horses—strong steeds.
Context of Zechariah 6:3
1Again I looked up and I saw four chariots! They came out from between two mountains and the mountains were mountains of shining metal! 2The first chariot had red horses and the second chariot had black horses. The third chariot had white horses and the fourth chariot had grey horses. All the horses were strong. 4Then I spoke to the angel that talked to me. I asked him, ‘What are these chariots, my lord?’ 5The angel answered me, ‘These are the four spirits of heaven. They have come from the Lord of the whole world.
Read all of Zechariah 6Zechariah 6:3 word by word
וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖ית סוּסִ֣ים לְבָנִ֑ים וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָה֙ הָרְבִעִ֔ית סוּסִ֥ים בְּרֻדִּ֖ים אֲמֻצִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zechariah 6:3
- Revelation 6:2I looked, and I saw a white horse. The person who was riding the horse held a bow. Someone gave him a crown. He had fought against many people and he had won. Now he rode out on his horse to win against many more people.
- Revelation 19:11I saw that heaven was now open. I saw a white horse there! The name of the man who was riding the horse was this: ‘A faithful, honest person’. He is always right when he judges people and when he goes to punish them in war.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne. I saw that God was sitting on it. The earth and the sky rushed away from the place where he sat. There was no longer any place for them.
- Zechariah 6:6The chariot with the black horses goes towards the north country. The chariot with the white horses goes after them. The chariot with the grey horses goes towards the south country.’
- Zechariah 1:8During the night I, Zechariah, had a dream from the Lord. I saw a man on a red horse. The horse was standing among some trees called myrtle trees, in the valley. And behind him were red, brown and white horses.
- Daniel 2:33The statue's legs were made from iron. Its feet had parts made from iron and parts made from clay.
- Revelation 6:8I looked, and I saw a grey horse. The name of the person who was riding the horse was Death. The place for dead people, called Hades, was following near to him. They had authority to kill people in a quarter of the earth. They could kill people in different ways. They could kill them in wars. They could cause people to die because there was no food. They could cause people to become very ill so that they died. They could also cause wild animals to kill people.
Commentaries on Zechariah 6:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The third chariot white horses - The empire of the Greeks, founded by Alexander the Great, which destroyed the empire of the Persians. The fourth chariot grisled and bay horses - That is party-coloured horses, or with horses, some grisled and some bay. The empire of the Romans or of the Greeks. The Greeks divided after the death of Alexander; one part pointing out the Lagidae, who attacked and subdued Egypt; and the other, the seleucidae, who subdued…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3red … black … white … dappled horses: Zechariah does not give special meaning to the horse colors in his vision (compare Revelation 6:1–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. white--implying joy and victory [Calvin]. grizzled--piebald. Implying a mixed dispensation, partly prosperity, partly adversity. All four dispensations, though various in character to the Gentile nation, portended alike good to God's people. bay--rather, "strong" or "fleet"; so Vulgate [Gesenius]. The horses have this epithet, whose part it was to "walk to and fro through the earth" (Zec 6:7). However, the Septuagint and Chaldee agree with English…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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