^1:8I was attentive that night and saw a man seated¹¹ on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees¹² in the ravine. Behind him were red, sorrel,¹³ and white horses.

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Footnotes

11 Heb “riding,” but since this verb in English is usually associated with horses in motion rather than standing still, the translation uses “seated.” Cf. “the driver of a red horse.”
12 The presupposes הֶהָרִים (heharim, “mountains”) rather than the הַהֲדַסִּים (hahadassim, “myrtles”), probably because of reference to the ravine. The reading is preferred and is followed by most English versions.
13 The Hebrew שְׂרֻקִּים (séruqqim) means “red” (cf. , , “brown”). English translations such as “speckled” () or “dappled” () are based on the reading of the (ψαροί) that attempts to bring the color of this horse into conformity with those described in Zech 6:2–3. However, since these are two different and unrelated visions, this is a methodological fallacy.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I looked out in the night and saw a man riding on a chestnut horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the valley. Behind him were chestnut, brown, and white horses.

NLTNew Living Translation

In a vision during the night, I saw a man sitting on a red horse that was standing among some myrtle trees in a small valley. Behind him were riders on red, brown, and white horses.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I had a vision in the night, and look, a man riding on a red horse. And he was standing between the myrtle shrubs that were in the ravine, and behind him were red, reddish-brown, and white horses.

KJV 1900King James Version

I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.

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