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Zechariah 6:1
1I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains—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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two bronze mountains.
Context of Zechariah 6:1
I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. 2The first chariot had red horses, the second black, 3the third white, and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful.
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 5:1I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.
- Zechariah 1:18Then I looked up, and there before me were four horns.
- Daniel 2:38in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
- Daniel 7:3Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.
- Daniel 8:22The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world.
- Job 34:29But if he remains silent, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can see him? Yet he is over individual and nation alike,
- Psalms 33:11But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.
- Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.
- Isaiah 14:26This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
- Isaiah 43:13Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
- Isaiah 46:10I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’
- Daniel 4:15But let the stump and its roots, bound with iron and bronze, remain in the ground, in the grass of the field. “ ‘Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the animals among the plants of the earth.
- Acts 4:28They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.
- Ephesians 1:11In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose 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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