Zechariah 6:1 “And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from be…”

Zechariah 6:1

And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of bronze.

American Standard Version

And again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

Geneva Bible 1599

Againe, I turned and lift vp mine eyes, and looked: and beholde, there came foure charets out from betweene two mountaines, and the mountaines were mountaines of brasse.

Darby Translation

And I lifted up mine eyes again, and saw, and behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

Young's Literal Translation

And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, four chariots are coming forth from between two of the mountains, and the mountains [are] mountains of brass.

Bible in Basic English

And again lifting up my eyes I saw four war-carriages coming out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

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Cross references

“I turned”

Zechariah 5:1

Zechariah 5:1 · BSB

Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.

“four”

Daniel 8:22 Daniel 7:3–7 Daniel 2:38–40 Zechariah 1:18 Zechariah 1:19

Daniel 8:22 · BSB

The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation but will not have the same power.

Daniel 7:3–7 · BSB

Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:

Daniel 2:38–40 · BSB

Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

Zechariah 1:18 · BSB

Then I looked up and saw four horns.

Zechariah 1:19 · BSB

So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

“and the”

Ephesians 1:11 Acts 4:28 Psalm 36:6 Proverbs 21:30 Daniel 4:15 Daniel 4:35

Ephesians 1:11 · BSB

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

Acts 4:28 · BSB

They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

Psalm 36:6 · BSB

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

Proverbs 21:30 · BSB

There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

Daniel 4:15 · BSB

But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth…

Daniel 4:35 · BSB

All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

Also

Zechariah 6:5

Zechariah 6:5 · 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,

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