Zechariah 6:5

And the angel, answering, said to me, These go out to the four winds of heaven from their place before the Lord of all the earth.

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In The King James Version

And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

In Context

4And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?

6The carriage in which are the black horses goes in the direction of the north country; the white go to the west; and those of mixed colour go in the direction of the south country.

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Cross References

1 Kings 19:11Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock.

2 Chronicles 18:18Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.

Job 2:1And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

Psalms 104:3The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

Psalms 148:8Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:

Ezekiel 1:5And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 6:2-9

The Vision of the Four Chariots. ( b. c. 520.) 1 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. 2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. 4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? 5 And the angel answered and said unto me,… Read the whole commentary →

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