Zechariah 6:5

The messenger answered me, “These are the four winds of heaven going out after standing 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

4Then I said to the messenger who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

6The black horses are going toward the north country and the white toward the west and the dappled toward the south country.”

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Cross References

Psalms 104:3He lays the beams of his chambers on water. He takes dark clouds for his chariot, and rides on the wings of the wind.

Psalms 148:8Fire, hail, snow and ice, and stormy wind doing his word.

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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