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The Vision of the Four Chariots

Zechariah 6:2

In 11 translations

BSB
The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
KJV
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
WEB
In the first chariot were red horses. In the second chariot were black horses.
ASV
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
LSV
In the first chariot [are] red horses, and in the second chariot brown horses,
YLT
In the first chariot [are] red horses, and in the second chariot brown horses,
DBY
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
DRC
In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot black horses.
GNV
In the first charet were red horses, and in the second charet blacke horses,
JPS
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
LXXE
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;

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Original-language editions

WLC
בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה סוּסִ֣ים אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית סוּסִ֥ים שְׁחֹרִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Ἐν τῷ ἅρματι τῷ πρώτῳ ἵπποι πυῤῥοὶ, καὶ ἐν τῷ ἅρματι τῷ δευτέρῳ ἵπποι μέλανες,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Zechariah 1:8I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
  • Revelation 6:2–6So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer. And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”…
  • Zechariah 6:6The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”
  • Revelation 17:3And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
  • Revelation 12:3Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.

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