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Zechariah 6:2
2The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second by black horses,
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
1Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two bronze mountains. The 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. 4“And what are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.
Read all of Zechariah 6Zechariah 6:2 word by word
בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה סוּסִ֣ים אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית סוּסִ֥ים שְׁחֹרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Zechariah 6:2
- Zechariah 1:8In a vision during the night, I saw a man sitting on a red horse that was standing among some myrtle trees in a small valley. Behind him were riders on red, brown, and white horses.
- Revelation 6:2I looked up and saw a white horse standing there. Its rider carried a bow, and a crown was placed on his head. He rode out to win many battles and gain the victory.
- Revelation 12:3Then I witnessed in heaven another significant event. I saw a large red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven crowns on his heads.
- Revelation 17:3So the angel took me in the Spirit into the wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that had seven heads and ten horns, and blasphemies against God were written all over it.
- Zechariah 6:6The chariot with black horses is going north, the chariot with white horses is going west, and the chariot with dappled-gray horses is going south.”
- Revelation 6:5When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living being say, “Come!” I looked up and saw a black horse, and its rider was holding 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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