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Zechariah 6:2
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The first chariot had chestnut horses, the second chariot black horses,
In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
In the first charet were red horses, and in the second charet, blacke horses.
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses,
Red horses pulled the first chariot. Black horses pulled the second chariot.
The first chariot had red horses (war, bloodshed), the second chariot had black horses (famine, death),
In the first charet were red horses, and in the second charet blacke horses,
With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses,
With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses,
The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
The first chariot had red horses; the second chariot, black horses;
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
Red horses were pulling the first chariot. Black horses were pulling the second chariot.
In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second by black horses,
With the first chariot there were red horses, and with the second chariot there were black horses.
With the first chariot were red horses, and with the second chariot black horses,
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
In the first war-carriage were red horses; and in the second, black horses;
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
In the first charret were red horses, in ye seconde charret were blacke horses,
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
In the firste foure horsid carte weren reed horsis, and in the secounde foure horsid carte weren blac horsis;
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
In the first chariot [were] red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
Harnessed to the first chariot were red horses, to the second black horses,
With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses,
The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second by black horses,
The first war-wagon had red horses. The second war-wagon had black horses.
The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses,
In the first chariot, were red horses, - and, in the second chariot, black horses;
In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot black horses.
The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
In the first chariot [are] red horses, and in the second chariot brown horses,
In the first charet were reade horse, In the secode charet were blacke horse,
The first chariot was drawn by red horses, the second chariot by black horses, the third chariot by white horses, and the fourth chariot by dappled horses. All the horses were powerful.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
red: Zechariah 1:8, Revelation 6:2-5, Revelation 12:3, Revelation 17:3
black: Zechariah 6:6, Revelation 6:5, Revelation 6:6
Reciprocal: Nahum 2:3 - made Revelation 6:4 - horse
Cross-References
The woman stared at the fruit. It looked beautiful and tasty. She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the fruit. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some to him, and he ate it too.
Later, Seth had a son and named him Enosh. About this time people started worshiping the Lord .
More and more people were born, until finally they spread all over the earth. Some of their daughters were so beautiful that supernatural beings came down and married the ones they wanted.
Then the Lord said, "I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than one hundred twenty years."
The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later.
He was very sorry that he had made them,
and he said, "I'll destroy every living creature on earth! I'll wipe out people, animals, birds, and reptiles. I'm sorry I ever made them."
But the Lord was pleased with Noah,
So he told Noah: Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.
Get some good lumber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In the first chariot [were] red horses,.... If these are to be understood of the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the Gospel, they may be compared to "horses", for bearing the name of Christ, and drawing the chariot of the Gospel; for their strength to labour in the word and doctrine; for their courage in the cause of Christ; and for their swiftness in doing his work; and to "red" ones, for their flaming zeal for the honour of the Redeemer, and their bloody sufferings for his sake: and if of angels, they may be compared to "horses", because strong and swift to do the will of God; and to "red" ones, because they are the executioners of his wrath and vengeance on wicked men: but if by "the chariots" are meant the monarchies, then by these "red horses" must be designed the Babylonians and Chaldeans, so called because their soldiers were clothed in red, and their chariots were like flaming torches; and they were sanguinary, cruel, and bloody in their tempers, and in their actions to the Jews; and were signified by Nebuchadnezzar's head of gold in his image; see Nahum 2:3:
and in the second chariot black horses; which, applied to the apostles and ministers of the Gospel, may denote their mean and abject appearance outwardly, and their knowledge in the mysteries of grace, which are dark and obscure to others; and, if understood of angels, is applicable to them, when messengers of ill tidings, or executioners of judgment: but if the monarchies are meant, which seems best, the Medes and Persians are intended; and their "black" colour is expressive of the sorrowful estate of the Jews under them, especially in the time of Haman, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe: black horses were reckoned strong, well made, and fit for labour; and the Ethiopians and Moors chose to have their horses they used in war all of this colour, to strike the greater horror and terror into their enemies; and to see black horses in a dream was accounted a bad omen s. The Medes and Persians were a strong and warlike people, and were very terrible to their enemies, under Cyrus; and very troublesome and distressing to the Jews, under Cambyses and Ahasuerus.
s Vid. Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 7. col. 106, 107.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The 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 2:0; after which, in both prophets, is the mention of the kingdom of Christ. Even if the grisled horses be the same as the speckled of the first vision, the black horses are wanting there, as well as the succession, in which they go forth. The only resemblance is, that there are horses of divers colors, two of which, red and white, are the same. The symbol of the fourth empire, grizzled, strong, remarkably corresponds with the strength and mingled character of the fourth empire in Daniel.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Zechariah 6:2. In 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.
