New English Translation
Zechariah 6:1
1Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze.
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
Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze. 2Harnessed to the first chariot were red horses, to the second black horses, 3to the third white horses, and to the fourth spotted horses, all of them strong.
Read all of Zechariah 6Zechariah 6:1 word by word
וָאָשֻׁ֗ב וָאֶשָּׂ֤א עֵינַי֙ וָֽאֶרְאֶ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה אַרְבַּ֤ע מַרְכָּבוֹת֙ יֹֽצְא֔וֹת מִבֵּ֖ין שְׁנֵ֣י הֶֽהָרִ֑ים וְהֶהָרִ֖ים הָרֵ֥י נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I turnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
- and lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: lookH5375
- mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- and lookedרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- and, behold, there cameיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818
- from between twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- of brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
Cross-references for Zechariah 6:1
- Zechariah 5:1Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!
- Zechariah 1:18(2:1) Once again I looked and this time I saw four horns.
- Daniel 2:38Wherever human beings, wild animals, and birds of the sky live – he has given them into your power. He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.
- Daniel 7:3Then four large beasts came up from the sea; they were different from one another.
- Daniel 8:22The horn that was broken and in whose place there arose four others stands for four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, though they will not have his strength.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.
- Job 34:29But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,
- Psalms 33:11The Lord’s decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.
- Psalms 36:6Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.
- Isaiah 14:26This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth; my hand is ready to strike all the nations.”
- Isaiah 43:13From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”
- Isaiah 46:10who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, ‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
- Daniel 4:15But leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the animals in the grass of the land.
- Acts 4:28to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.
- Ephesians 1:11In Christ we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to 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
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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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