Zechariah 6:3 - Exposition

Grisled and bay; rather, speckled, strong; Septuagint, ἵπποι ποικίλαι ψαροί , "horses pied and dapple-grey." But ψαρὸς is explained by the Scholiast in Aristophanes, 'Nub.,' 1225, as "swift;" and possibly the LXX . used it in that sense here. The Vulgate has fortes; Aquila, καρτεροί . One would have expected a colour to be named. but why these are specially mentioned as strong or active is seen in Zechariah 6:7 . The word beruddim, "speckled," occurs only in Genesis 31:10 , Genesis 31:12 , where it has no symbolical character. As it denotes a combination of colours, probably spots of white on a dark ground, it may signify a quality of a mixed, nature, thus indicating a visitation of war and pestilence, the sword and famine.