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Zechariah 6:1
1Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two bronze mountains.
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
Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two bronze mountains. 2The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second by black horses, 3the third by white horses, and the fourth by powerful dappled-gray horses.
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 up again and saw a scroll flying through the air.
- Zechariah 1:18Then I looked up and saw four animal horns.
- Daniel 2:38He has made you the ruler over all the inhabited world and has put even the wild animals and birds under your control. You are the head of gold.
- Daniel 7:3Then four huge beasts came up out of the water, each different from the others.
- Daniel 8:22The four prominent horns that replaced the one large horn show that the Greek Empire will break into four kingdoms, but none as great as the first.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among princes, placing them in seats of honor. For all the earth is the Lord’s, and he has set the world in order.
- Job 34:29But if he chooses to remain quiet, who can criticize him? When he hides his face, no one can find him, whether an individual or a nation.
- Psalms 33:11But the Lord’s plans stand firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken.
- Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike, O Lord.
- Proverbs 21:30No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord.
- Isaiah 14:26I have a plan for the whole earth, a hand of judgment upon all the nations.
- Isaiah 43:13“From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done.”
- Isaiah 46:10Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.
- Daniel 4:15But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Now let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the wild animals among the plants of the field.
- Acts 4:28But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.
- Ephesians 1:11Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.
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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