6:4 Then I asked the angelic messenger 1 who was speaking with me, “What are these, sir?”
6:5 The messenger replied, “These are the four spirits 2 of heaven that have been presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
6:6 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.
1 tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in 1:9.
2 tn The Hebrew term translated “spirit” here may also be translated “wind” or “breath” depending on the context (cf. ASV, NRSV, CEV “the four winds of heaven”; NAB similar).