# Zechariah 6.5

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**Book:** [Zechariah](/codex/zechariah/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 3. and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled strong horses. 4. Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
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> **5. 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.**
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> 6. The chariot wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country. 7. And the strong went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. (Zechariah 6:3-7, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 3. in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot dappled horses, all of them powerful. 4. Then I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
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> **5. The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the sky, which go out from standing before the Lord of all the earth.**
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> 6. The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went out toward the south country.” 7. The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth: and he said, “Go around and through the earth!” So they walked back and forth through the earth. (Zechariah 6:3-7, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 3. And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. <sup>bay: or, strong</sup> 4. Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
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> **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. <sup>spirits: or, winds</sup>**
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> 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. 7. And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. (Zechariah 6:3-7, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 3. and in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot strong grisled horses. 4. And I answer and say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, 'What [are] these, my lord?'
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> **5. 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.**
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> 6. The brown horses that [are] therein, are coming forth unto the land of the north; and the white have come forth unto their hinder part; and the grisled have come forth unto the land of the south; 7. and the strong ones have come forth, and they seek to go to walk up and down in the earth;' and he saith, 'Go, walk up and down in the earth;' and they walk up and down in the earth. (Zechariah 6:3-7, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H0113 - adon](/codex/h0113-adon/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.