Zechariah 6:4

Then I answered, and said vnto the Angel that talked with mee, What are these, my Lord ?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Then I spoke and said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
- American Standard Version (1901)

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

And I spoke and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
- Darby Bible

Then I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
- Webster's Bible

Then I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
- World English Bible

And I answer and say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, `What [are] these, my lord?'
- Youngs Literal Bible

Then I answered and said unto the angel that spoke with me: 'What are these, my lord?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Zechariah 6:4

6:2 Red horses - Perhaps denoting bloody times, #Rev 6:4|. Black horses - Perhaps a time of mortality, and wasting diseases, #Rev 6:5|.

6:3 White horses - Signifying joyful and prosperous affairs, chap. #1:8|. Grisled - A mixt state of affairs.

6:5 These are - The angels of heaven, who have a great share in the management of the affairs both of the church and states. Of the heavens - Which reside in heaven, 'till employed, go thence when employed, and having done their work, return thither. Standing - They stand as servants attending the command of their Lord.

6:6 The black horses - The angels signified by the black horses are the executioners of God's just displeasure. Therein - In the second chariot. The north - country - Babylon. The grisled - The angels signified by these, managed the Roman power, which was sometimes favourable, sometimes fierce and severe, to those they had to do with. The south - country - Egypt and Arabia, which lay south of Judea. It may perhaps point at their invading Africa too, whose punishments were mixed, with kindness and mercy more than the punishments of Babylon were.