Zechariah 6:4
Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
Zechariah 6:4 in other translations
| BSB | So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?” |
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| WEB | Then I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” |
| ASV | Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? |
| YLT | And I answer and say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, ‘What are these, my lord?' |
| DARBY | And I spoke and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? |
| BBE | And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord? |
| Webster | Then I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? |
What does Zechariah 6:4 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 6:1-8
This vision may represent the ways of Providence in the government of this lower world. Whatever the providences of God about us are, as to public or private affairs, we should see them all as coming from between the mountains of brass, the immoveable counsels and decrees of God; and therefore reckon it as much our folly to quarrel with them, as it is our duty to submit to them. His providences move swiftly and…
Zechariah 6:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Zechariah 6:4
- Zechariah 1:9
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.
- Zechariah 1:19-21
And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. And the Lord shewed me four carpenters. Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
- Zechariah 5:5-6
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
- Zechariah 5:10
Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
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Context
- Zechariah 6:3
And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
- Zechariah 6:4
Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
- Zechariah 6:5
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.
Zechariah 6:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Respondí entonces, y dije al ángel que conmigo hablaba: Señor mío, ¿qué es esto? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je pris la parole et dis à l’ange qui parlait avec moi: Que sont ceux-ci, mon seigneur? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich hob an und sprach zu dem Engel, der mit mir redete: Mein Herr, was sind diese? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et respondi, et dixi ad angelum qui loquebatur in me: Quid sunt hæc, domine mi? |