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Bible in Basic English

The carriage in which are the black horses goes in the direction of the north country; the white go to the west; and those of mixed colour go in the direction of the south country.

New American Standard Bible

with one of which the black horses are going forth to the north country; and the white ones go forth after them, while the dappled ones go forth to the south country.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

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.”

International Standard Version

The black horses are headed into the north country, and the white ones are headed out after them. The speckled horses are headed toward the south country."

A Conservative Version

[The chariot] in which are the black horses goes forth toward the north country, and the white went forth after them, and the grizzled went forth toward the south country.

American Standard Version

The chariot wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country.

Amplified

with the chariot with the black horses going toward the north country; then the one with the white horses follows after them [because there are two northern powers to overcome], and the chariot with the dappled horses goes toward the south country.”

Darby Translation

That in which are the black horses goeth forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth towards the south country;

Julia Smith Translation

The black horses which are in it, going forth into the land of the north; and the white went forth after them; and the sprinkled with spots went forth to the land of the south.

King James 2000

The black horses which are there go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the dappled go forth toward the south country.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{The one with} the black horses [is] going out to [the] north country, and the white [horses] go after them, while the dappled [ones] go to the south country."

Modern King James verseion

The black horses in it go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the dappled go forth to a south country.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

That with the black horses went in to the land of the north, and the white followed them, and the speckled horses went forth toward the south.

NET Bible

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.

New Heart English Bible

The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went forth toward the south country."

The Emphasized Bible

They in whose chariot are the black horses, are going forth into the land of the North, and, the white, have gone forth after them, - and, the spotted, have gone forth into the land of the South;

Webster

The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grizzled go forth towards the south country.

World English Bible

The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went forth toward the south country."

Youngs Literal Translation

The brown horses that are therein, are coming forth unto the land of the north; and the white have come forth unto their hinder part; and the grisled have come forth unto the land of the south;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The black
שׁחור שׁחר 
Shachor 
Usage: 6

סס סוּס 
Cuwc 
Usage: 140

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

into the north
צפן צפון 
Tsaphown 
Usage: 153

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and the white
לבן לבן 
Laban 
Usage: 29

go forth
יצא 
Yatsa' 
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068
Usage: 1068

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

them and the grisled
בּרד 
Barod 
Usage: 4

תּמן תּימן 
Teyman 
Usage: 23

Context Readings

Zechariah's Eighth Vision

5 And the angel, answering, said to me, These go out to the four winds of heaven from their place before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The carriage in which are the black horses goes in the direction of the north country; the white go to the west; and those of mixed colour go in the direction of the south country. 7 And the red ones go to the east; and they made request that they might go up and down through the earth: and he said, Go up and down through the earth. So they went up and down through the earth.


Cross References

Jeremiah 1:14-15

Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land.

Jeremiah 4:6

Put up a flag for a sign to Zion: go in flight so that you may be safe, waiting no longer: for I will send evil from the north, and a great destruction.

Jeremiah 6:1

Go in flight out of Jerusalem, so that you may be safe, you children of Benjamin, and let the horn be sounded in Tekoa, and the flag be lifted up on Beth-haccherem: for evil is looking out from the north, and a great destruction.

Jeremiah 25:9

See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.

Jeremiah 46:10

But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Ezekiel 1:4

And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum.

Jeremiah 51:48

And the heaven and the earth and everything in them, will make a song of joy over Babylon: for those who make her waste will come from the north, says the Lord.

Daniel 7:5-6

And I saw another beast, like a bear, and it was lifted up on one side, and three side-bones were in its mouth, between its teeth: and they said to it, Up! take much flesh.

Daniel 11:3-6

And a strong king will come to power, ruling with great authority and doing whatever is his pleasure.

Daniel 11:9

And he will come into the kingdom of the king of the south, but he will go back to his land.

Daniel 11:40

And at the time of the end, the king of the south will make an attack on him: and the king of the north will come against him like a storm-wind, with war-carriages and horsemen and numbers of ships; and he will go through many lands like overflowing waters.

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