Verse 6
"The chariot wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south."
This and the following verse merely reveal that the heavenly patrol, if we may call it that, was actually moving to do God's will. Some scholars have emended these verses to provide a more uniform picture, even coming up with all four directions, north, south, east, and west; but this is absolutely unnecessary. Four directions are no more effective as a symbol than are two. North and south can mean the whole world as easily as north, south, east, and west.
"The chariot ..." The chariots are not really mentioned here, only the horses, these two words having been supplied by the translators.
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