Zechariah 6:6

6 The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west,^[a] and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”

Zechariah 6:6 in Other Translations

6 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.

6 The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward the south country."

6 The chariot with black horses is going north, the chariot with white horses is going west, and the chariot with dappled-gray horses is going south.”

6 The black horses are headed north with the white ones right after them. The dappled horses are headed south."

6 The one with the black horses is going to the land of the north, the white horses are going after them, but the dappled horses are going to the land of the south."

Zechariah 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 6:6

The black horses which [are] therein
Which were in the second chariot: no further mention is made of the red horses in the first chariot, because the kingdom of the Chaldeans was now extinct: these design the Medes and Persians: go forth into the north country:
into the country of Babylon or Chaldea, which lay north of Judea; see ( Jeremiah 1:13-15 ) ( 3:12 ) ( 6:22 ) and other places; these went to Babylon, took that, and seized on the empire, and delivered the Jews, who were captives there: and the white go forth after them;
the Grecians under Alexander, who went after the Medes and Persians into the same country, and fought Darius the Persian, and conquered him: and the grisled go forth toward the south country;
the Romans under Julius Caesar, Augustus, and others before them, who went into Egypt, which lay south of Judea, ( Daniel 11:5 ) and conquered that, and other nations, and set up the fourth kingdom or monarchy.

Zechariah 6:6 In-Context

4 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these, my lord?”

5 The angel answered me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world.

6 The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”

7 When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth. And he said, “Go throughout the earth!” So they went throughout the earth.

8 Then he called to me, “Look, those going toward the north country have given my Spirit rest in the land of the north.”

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "horses after them"