Zechariah 6:1

Zechariah 6:1 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of bronze.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I turned and raised my eyes and looked, and behold, four chariots were coming from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze.

Context of Zechariah 6:1

Now I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, four chariots were coming forth from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains. 2With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses, 3with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot strong dappled horses.

Zechariah 6:1 word by word

וָאָשֻׁ֗ב וָאֶשָּׂ֤א עֵינַי֙ וָֽאֶרְאֶ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה אַרְבַּ֤ע מַרְכָּבוֹת֙ יֹֽצְא֔וֹת מִבֵּ֖ין שְׁנֵ֣י הֶֽהָרִ֑ים וְהֶהָרִ֖ים הָרֵ֥י נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃Read the interlinear

• Now I liftedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: lookH5375
• up my eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• and lookedרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818
• were comingיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• from betweenבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
• the twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• bronzeנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178

Cross-references for Zechariah 6:1

• Zechariah 5:1Then I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, there was a flying scroll.
• Zechariah 1:18Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns.
• Daniel 2:38and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.
• Daniel 7:3And four great beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another.
• Daniel 8:22The broken horn and the four horns that arose in its place represent four kingdoms which will arise from his nation, although not with his power.
• 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor; For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He set the world on them.
• Job 34:29When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, That is, in regard to both nation and man?--
• Psalms 33:11The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation.
• Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; Your judgments are like a great deep. O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom and no understanding And no counsel against the Lord.
• Isaiah 14:26This is the plan devised against the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out against all the nations.
• Isaiah 43:13Even from eternity I am He, And there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?”
• Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, ‘My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;
• Daniel 4:15Yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, But with a band of iron and bronze around it In the new grass of the field; And let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, And let him share with the beasts in the grass of the earth.
• Acts 4:28to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.
• Ephesians 1:11also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,

Commentaries on Zechariah 6:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1There came four chariots - Four monarchies or empires. This is supposed to mean the same with the vision of the four horns, in chap. 1. Mountains of brass - The strong barriers of God's purposes, which restrained those powers within the times and limits appointed by Jehovah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Behold, four chariots going forth - Alb.: “By the secret disposal of God into the theater of the world,” “from between two mountains of brass.” Both Jews and Christians have seen that the four chariots relate to the same four empires, as the visions in Daniel. “The two mountains.” It may be that the imagery is from the two mountains on either side of the valley of Jehoshaphat, which Joel had spoken of as the place of God‘s judgment, Joel 3:2, and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The vision of the chariots. (1-8) Joshua, the high priest, crowned as a type of Christ. (9-15) Verses 1-8 This vision may represent the ways of Providence in the government of this lower world. Whatever the providences of God about us are, as to public or private affairs, we should see them all as coming from between the mountains of brass, the immoveable counsels and decrees of God; and therefore reckon it as much our folly to quarrel with them, as it is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Chariots represent the quick and decisive power of God's intervention in human affairs. The two bronze mountains are enhanced images of the two bronze pillars that once stood at the entrance to Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:13–22). Bronze symbolizes the unbreakable strength of God's dwelling.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81. four chariots--symbolizing the various dispensations of Providence towards the Gentile nations which had been more or less brought into contact with Judea; especially in punishing Babylon. Compare Zec 6:8 ("the north country," that is, Babylon); Zec 1:15; 2:6. The number "four" is specified not merely in reference to the four quarters of the horizon (implying universal judgments), but in allusion to the four world kingdoms of Daniel. from between two…Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 6:1

• Brass
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Bible, the
• Chariot
• Color; Colors
• Four
• Hill; Mount; Mountain
• Horse, White
• Joshua (3)
• Metals
• Unchangeable; Unchangeableness

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