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Selected Verse: Zechariah 6:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Zec 6:2 |
Strong Concordance |
In the first [07223] chariot [04818] were red [0122] horses [05483]; and in the second [08145] chariot [04818] black [07838] horses [05483]; |
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King James |
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
red--implying carnage.
black--representing sorrow; also famine (Rev 6:5-6; compare Zac 1:8). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The symbol is different from that in the first vision. There Zac 1:8, they were horses only, with their riders, to go to and fro to enquire; here they are war-chariots with their horses, to execute God's judgments, each in their turn. In the first vision also, there is not the characteristic fourfold division, which reminds of the four world-empires of Daniel Dan. 2; after which, in both prophets, is the mention of the kingdom of Christ. Even if the grisled horses be the same as the speckled of the first vision, the black horses are wanting there, as well as the succession, in which they go forth. The only resemblance is, that there are horses of divers colors, two of which, red and white, are the same. The symbol of the fourth empire, grizzled, strong, remarkably corresponds with the strength and mingled character of the fourth empire in Daniel. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Red horses - Perhaps denoting bloody times, Rev 6:4. Black horses - Perhaps a time of mortality, and wasting diseases, Rev 6:5. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
In the first chariot were red horses - The empire of the Chaldeans, which overthrew the empire of the Assyrians.
The second chariot black horses - The empire of the Persians founded by Cyrus, which destroyed the empire of the Chaldeans. |
8 I saw [07200] by night [03915], and behold a man [0376] riding [07392] upon a red [0122] horse [05483], and he stood [05975] among the myrtle trees [01918] that were in the bottom [04699]; and behind [0310] him were there red [0122] horses [05483], speckled [08320], and white [03836].
5 And [2532] when [3753] he had opened [455] the third [5154] seal [4973], I heard [191] the third [5154] beast [2226] say [3004], Come [2064] and [2532] see [991]. And [2532] I beheld [1492], and [2532] lo [2400] a black [3189] horse [2462]; and [2532] he that sat [2521] on [1909] him [846] had [2192] a pair of balances [2218] in [1722] his [846] hand [5495].
6 And [2532] I heard [191] a voice [5456] in [1722] the midst [3319] of the four [5064] beasts [2226] say [3004], A measure [5518] of wheat [4621] for a penny [1220], and [2532] three [5140] measures [5518] of barley [2915] for a penny [1220]; and [2532] see thou hurt [91] not [3361] the oil [1637] and [2532] the wine [3631].
8 I saw [07200] by night [03915], and behold a man [0376] riding [07392] upon a red [0122] horse [05483], and he stood [05975] among the myrtle trees [01918] that were in the bottom [04699]; and behind [0310] him were there red [0122] horses [05483], speckled [08320], and white [03836].
5 And [2532] when [3753] he had opened [455] the third [5154] seal [4973], I heard [191] the third [5154] beast [2226] say [3004], Come [2064] and [2532] see [991]. And [2532] I beheld [1492], and [2532] lo [2400] a black [3189] horse [2462]; and [2532] he that sat [2521] on [1909] him [846] had [2192] a pair of balances [2218] in [1722] his [846] hand [5495].
4 And [2532] there went out [1831] another [243] horse [2462] that was red [4450]: and [2532] power was given [1325] to him [846] that sat [2521] thereon [1909] [846] to take [2983] peace [1515] from [575] the earth [1093], and [2532] that [2443] they should kill [4969] one another [240]: and [2532] there was given [1325] unto him [846] a great [3173] sword [3162].