Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation The angel replied, “These are the four spirits of heaven who stand before the Lord of all the earth. They are going out to do his work. English Standard Version And the angel answered and said to me, “These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. Berean Standard Bible And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth. King James Bible And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. New King James Version And the angel answered and said to me, “These are four spirits of heaven, who go out from their station before the Lord of all the earth. New American Standard Bible The angel replied to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going out after taking their stand before the Lord of all the earth, NASB 1995 The angel replied to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth, NASB 1977 And the angel answered and said to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth, Legacy Standard Bible And the angel answered and said to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth, Amplified Bible The angel answered me, “These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth, Christian Standard Bible The angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven going out after presenting themselves to the Lord of the whole earth. Holman Christian Standard Bible The angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven going out after presenting themselves to the Lord of the whole earth. American Standard Version And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The Angel answered and he said to me: “These are the four Spirits of Heaven that were standing before THE LORD of all the Earth Brenton Septuagint Translation And the angel that talked with me answered and said, These are the four winds of heaven, and they are going forth to stand before the Lord of all the earth. Contemporary English Version Then he explained, "These are the four winds of heaven, and now they are going out, after presenting themselves to the Lord of all the earth. Douay-Rheims Bible And the angel answered, and said to me: These are the four winds of the heaven, which go forth to stand before the Lord of all the earth. English Revised Version And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. GOD'S WORD® Translation The angel answered, "They are the four spirits of heaven. They are going out after standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Good News Translation He answered, "These are the four winds; they have just come from the presence of the Lord of all the earth." International Standard Version The angel told me, "These are four heavenly spirits that are going out on patrol after having presented themselves to the Lord of the whole earth. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the angel answered and said unto me: 'These chariots go forth to the four winds of heaven, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. Literal Standard Version And the messenger answers and says to me, “These [are] four spirits of the heavens coming forth from presenting themselves before the Lord of the whole earth. Majority Standard Bible And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth. New American Bible The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the heavens, which are coming forth after presenting themselves before the LORD of all the earth. NET Bible The messenger replied, "These are the four spirits of heaven that have been presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. New Revised Standard Version The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of heaven going out, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. New Heart English Bible The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. Webster's Bible Translation And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. World English Bible The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the sky, which go out from standing before the Lord of all the earth. Young's Literal Translation And the messenger answereth and saith unto me, 'These are four spirits of the heavens coming forth from presenting themselves before the Lord of the whole earth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Vision of the Four Chariots…4So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth. 6The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”… Cross References Matthew 24:31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. Revelation 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. Joshua 3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan. Jeremiah 49:36 I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam's exiles will not go. Ezekiel 37:9 Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!" Daniel 7:2 Daniel declared: "In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea. Daniel 11:4 But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others. Treasury of Scripture And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth. These. Zechariah 1:10,11 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth… Psalm 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. Psalm 104:3,4 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: … spirits. 1 Kings 19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: Psalm 148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word: Daniel 7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. go. Zechariah 4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. 1 Kings 22:19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 2 Chronicles 18:18,19 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left… the Lord. Zechariah 4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. Jump to Previous Angel Chariots Earth Forth Four Heaven Heavens Messenger Presence Presenting Sky Spirits Standing Themselves Whole Winds WorldJump to Next Angel Chariots Earth Forth Four Heaven Heavens Messenger Presence Presenting Sky Spirits Standing Themselves Whole Winds WorldZechariah 6 1. The vision of the four chariots.9. By the crowns of Joshua are shown the temple and kingdom of Christ the Branch. Verse 5. - The four spirits of the heavens. Both the Septuagint and Vulgate render, "the four winds of heaven;" and this is doubtless correct. It was a familiar symbol to the Jews. The winds are often introduced in executing God's will on sinners (comp. Psalm 104:4; Psalm 148:8; Jeremiah 49:36; Daniel 7:2). Which go forth from standing before the Lord (comp. Job 1:6; Job 2:1). The winds are supposed to be God's servants, waiting his pleasure to be sent forth on his errands. The Septuagint and Vulgate translate, "which go forth to stand before the Lord." This denotes merely their usual obedience; but the text implies that the prophet sees them moving from their usual expectant attitude, and hastening forth to do God's commands. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Andוַיַּ֥עַן (way·ya·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond the angel הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ (ham·mal·’āḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel told וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say me, אֵלָ֑י (’ê·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to “These אֵ֗לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those are the four אַרְבַּע֙ (’ar·ba‘) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 702: Four spirits רֻח֣וֹת (ru·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit of heaven, הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky going out יוֹצְא֕וֹת (yō·wṣ·’ō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim from [their] station מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב (mê·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ) Preposition-m | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand before עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the Lord אֲד֥וֹן (’ă·ḏō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller of all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the earth. הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Zechariah 6:5 NIVZechariah 6:5 NLT Zechariah 6:5 ESV Zechariah 6:5 NASB Zechariah 6:5 KJV Zechariah 6:5 BibleApps.com Zechariah 6:5 Biblia Paralela Zechariah 6:5 Chinese Bible Zechariah 6:5 French Bible Zechariah 6:5 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Zechariah 6:5 The angel answered me These are (Zech. 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