Zechariah 1:9

And I say, “What [are] these, my lord?” And the messenger who is speaking with me says to me, “I show you what these [are].”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.

In Context

8I have seen by night, and behold, one riding on a red horse, and he is standing between the myrtles that [are] in the shade, and behind him [are] horses, red, bay, and white.

10And the one who is standing between the myrtles answers and says, “These [are] they whom YHWH has sent to walk up and down in the land.”

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Cross References

Daniel 7:16I have drawn near to one of those standing, and the certainty I seek from him of all this; and he has spoken to me, indeed, the interpretation of the things he has caused me to know:

Daniel 8:16And I hear a voice of man between [the banks of] Ulai, and he calls and says: Gabriel, cause this [one] to understand the appearance.

Daniel 10:11And he says to me: Daniel, man greatly desired, attend to the words that I am speaking to you, and stand on your station, for now I have been sent to you. And when he speaks with me this word, I have stood trembling.

Zechariah 2:3And behold, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,

Zechariah 4:11And I answer and say to him, “What [are] these two olive-trees, on the right of the lampstand, and on its left?”

Zechariah 6:4And I answer and say to the messenger who is speaking with me, “What [are] these, my lord?”

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 1:8-18

The Vision of the Horse and Myrtles; Intercession for Jerusalem. ( b. c. 520.) 7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. 9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And… Read the whole commentary →

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