Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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
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 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. 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. 7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

Cross References

Jeremiah 1:14-15

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 4:6

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

Jeremiah 6:1

O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

Jeremiah 25:9

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Jeremiah 46:10

For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Ezekiel 1:4

And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

Jeremiah 51:48

Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.

Daniel 7:5-6

And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

Daniel 11:3-6

And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

Daniel 11:9

So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.

Daniel 11:40

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

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