Zechariah 1:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 1:9

Vision of the Horses

7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet:

8 I saw by night, and behold, ^aa man riding on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were ^bhorses: red, sorrel, and white.

9 Then I said, ^a“My lord, what are these?” So the angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what they are.”

10 And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, ^a“These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth.”

11 ^aSo they answered the Angel of the Lord, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is¹ resting quietly.”

The Lord Will Comfort Zion

12 Then the Angel of the Lord answered and said, “O Lord of hosts, ^ahow long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry ^bthese seventy years?”

13 And the Lord answered the angel who talked to me, with ^agood and comforting words.

14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me,¹ “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“I am ^azealous for Jerusalem
And for Zion with great¹ zeal.

Verse Comparison: Zechariah 1:9

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American Standard Version
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these are.

Amplified® Bible
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who talked with me said, I will show you what these are.

Contemporary English Version
An angel was there to explain things to me, and I asked, "Sir, who are these riders?" "I'll tell you," the angel answered.

Darby English Version
And I said, My lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these are.

Good News Bible
I asked him, "Sir, what do these horses mean?" He answered, "I will show you what they mean.

King James Version
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.

New American Standard Bible
Then I said, "My lord, what are these? And the angel who was speaking with me said to me, "I will show you what these are.""

New International Version
I asked, "What are these, my lord?"
The angel who was talking with me answered, "I will show you what they are."

New King James Version
Then I said, “My lord, what are these?” So the angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what they are.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then I said, "My lord, what do you call these?" And the angel who spoke with me said to me, "I will show you what these mean."

Revised Standard Version
Then I said, 'What are these, my lord?' The angel who talked with me said to me, 'I will show you what they are.'

Young's Literal Translation
And I say, `What `are' these, my lord?' And the messenger who is speaking with me saith unto me, `I -- I do shew thee what these `are'.'

New English Translation
Then I asked one nearby, “What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger¹ who replied to me said, “I will show you what these are.”

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