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 6:5 in other translations
| BSB | And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth. |
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| WEB | The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the sky, which go out from standing before the Lord of all the earth. |
| ASV | And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. |
| YLT | And the messenger answereth and saith unto me, ‘These are four spirits of the heavens coming forth from presenting themselves before the Lord of the whole earth. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. |
What does Zechariah 6:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 6:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Zechariah 6:5
- Ezekiel 10:9-19
And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. …
- Hebrews 1:7
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
- Ezekiel 37:9
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
- Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
- Psalms 104:3-4
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
- 2 Chronicles 18:18-19
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord; I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth–gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
- Revelation 7:1
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
- Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
- Ezekiel 1:5-28
Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. …
- Psalms 68:17
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
- Matthew 24:31
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
- 1 Kings 22:19
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
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Context
- 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 6:6
The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.
Zechariah 6:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el ángel me respondió, y díjome: Estos son los cuatro vientos de los cielos, que salen de donde están delante del Señor de toda la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’ange répondit et me dit: Ce sont les quatre esprits des cieux qui sortent de là où ils se tenaient devant le Seigneur de toute la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Engel antwortete und sprach zu mir: Diese sind die vier Winde des Himmels, welche ausgehen, nachdem sie sich vor den Herrn der ganzen Erde gestellt haben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et respondit angelus, et ait ad me: Isti sunt quatuor venti cæli, qui egrediuntur ut stent coram Dominatore omnis terræ. |