New American Standard Bible 2020
Zechariah 6:2
Zechariah 6:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
- New International Version (NIV)The first chariot had red horses, the second black,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
- New King James Version (NKJV)With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses,
Context of Zechariah 6:2
1Now I raised my eyes again and looked, and behold, four chariots were going out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains. With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses, 3with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot strong spotted horses. 4So I responded and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
Read all of Zechariah 6Zechariah 6:2 word by word
בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה סוּסִ֣ים אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית סוּסִ֥ים שְׁחֹרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Zechariah 6:2
- Zechariah 1:8I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red, sorrel, and white horses behind him.
- Revelation 6:2I looked, and behold, a white horse, and the one who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
- Revelation 12:3Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven crowns.
- Revelation 17:3And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
- Zechariah 6:6with one of which the black horses are going out to the north country; and the white ones are to go out after them, while the spotted ones are to go out to the south country.”
- Revelation 6:5When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” I looked, and behold, a black horse, and the one who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
Commentaries on Zechariah 6:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2In the first chariot were red horses - The empire of the Chaldeans, which overthrew the empire of the Assyrians. The second chariot black horses - The empire of the Persians founded by Cyrus, which destroyed the empire of the Chaldeans.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The symbol is different from that in the first vision. There Zechariah 1:8, they were horses only, with their riders, to go to and fro to enquire; here they are war-chariots with their horses, to execute God‘s judgments, each in their turn. In the first vision also, there is not the characteristic fourfold division, which reminds of the four world-empires of Daniel Daniel 2; after which, in both prophets, is the mention of the kingdom of Christ. Even if…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. 22. red--implying carnage. black--representing sorrow; also famine (Re 6:5, 6; compare Zec 1:8).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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