Zechariah 6:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go toward the west country, and the dappled ones go toward the south country.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The chariot with the black horses is going forth into the north country, and the white ones are going forth after them [because there are two northern powers to overcome], and the dappled ones are going forth toward the south country. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The one with the black horses is going to the north country; the white ones are going to the west; and the spotted ones are going south.” Catholic Public Domain Version The one with the black horses was departing into the land of the North, and the white went forth after them, and the speckled went forth towards the land of the South. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That in which were the black horses went forth into the land of the north, and the white went forth after them: and the grisled went forth to the land of the south. |
An oracle concerning the animals of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and distress, of lioness and roaring lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people that cannot profit them.
I will say to the north, “Give them up,” and to the south, “Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth—
I am going to send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord, even for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all these nations around; I will utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and of hissing and an everlasting disgrace.
Raise a standard toward Zion; flee for safety; do not delay, for I am bringing evil from the north and a great destruction.
That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of retribution, to gain vindication from his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them shall shout for joy over Babylon, for the destroyers shall come against her out of the north, says the Lord.
Flee for safety, O children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for evil looms out of the north and great destruction.
As I looked, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud with brightness around it and fire flashing forth continually and in the middle of the fire something like gleaming amber.
“At the time of the end the king of the south shall attack him. But the king of the north shall rush upon him like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen and with many ships. He shall advance against countries and pass through like a flood.
then the latter shall invade the realm of the king of the south but will return to his own land.
When he broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come!” I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a pair of scales in his hand,