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Then I asked the angelic messenger[a] who was speaking with me, “What are these, sir?” The messenger replied, “These are the four spirits[b] of heaven going out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. The chariot with the black horses is going to the north country, and the white ones are going after them, but the spotted ones are going to the south country.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 6:4 tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in 1:9.
  2. Zechariah 6:5 tn The Hebrew term translated “spirit” here may also be translated “wind” or “breath” depending on the context (cf. ASV, NRSV, CEV “the four winds of heaven”; NAB similar).