7The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth: and he said, |Go around and through the earth!| So they walked back and forth through the earth.


In Context

4 Then I asked the angel who talked with me, |What are these, my lord?|

5 The angel answered me, |These are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

6 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.|

7 The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth: and he said, |Go around and through the earth!| So they walked back and forth through the earth.

8 Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, |Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.|

9 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Zechariah 6:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:7When 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And they that were most strong, went out, and sought to go, and to run to and fro through all the earth. And he said: Go, walk throughout the earth : and they walked throughout the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And the strong 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7and the strong go forth, and seek to go that they may walk to and fro through the earth. And he said, Go, walk to and fro through the earth. And they walked to and fro through the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Go hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7and the strong ones have come forth, and they seek to go to walk up and down in the earth;' and he saith, 'Go, walk up and down in the earth;' and they walk up and down in the earth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And 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.