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Zechariah 6:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Zechariah 6:5

Verse 5 of 15

Scripture focus

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.

Zechariah 6:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 6:5

Theological / Devotional

Spirits. Heb. ruchoth, singular, ruach, a word occurring 377 times in the OT. It is translated “spirit” 232 times, “wind” 90 times, and the remaining times in a variety of ways. Many translators prefer the rendering “winds” in this verse (LXX; RSV; etc.). The identical Hebrew phrase here translated, “the four spirits of the heavens,” is rendered, “the four winds of heaven” in Dan. 8:8.

Go forth. This passage may be translated as in the RSV, “These are going forth to the four winds of heaven.”

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