Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.

And I said: What are these, my Lord ? and the angel that spoke in me, said to me: I will shew thee what these are:

And I say, 'What are these, my lord?' And the messenger who is speaking with me saith unto me, 'I, I do shew thee what these are.'

Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who was talking to me said to me, I will make clear to you what they are.

Then said I: 'O my lord, what are these?' And the angel that spoke with me said unto me: 'I will show thee what these are.'

And I said, "What are these, my lord?" And the angel, who was speaking with me, said to me, "I will reveal to you what these are."

Et dixi, Qui isti, Domine mi? Et dixit mihi Angelus qui loquebatur mecum, Ego ostendam tibi quinam isti sint.

What are these? - He asks, not who, but what they import.
The angel that talked with me - Literally, "spake in me." The very rare expression seems meant to convey the thought of an inward speaking, whereby the words should be borne directly into the soul, without the intervention of the ordinary outward organs. God says to Moses, "If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, will make Myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak (literally) in him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so - In him will I speak mouth to mouth Numbers 12:6-9;" and Habakkuk says of the like inward teaching, "I will watch to see, what He will speak in me" . It is the characteristic title of one attendant-angel, who was God's expositor of the visions to Zechariah (Zac 1:13-14, Zac 1:19, (Zac 2:2 Hebrew) Zac 2:3; (7) Zac 4:1, Zac 4:4-5; Zac 5:5, Zac 5:10; Zac 6:4). Dionysius: "By his ministry God showed me things to come, in that that angel formed in the spirit and imaginative power of Zechariah phantasms or images of things which were foreshown him, and gave him to understand what those images signified."

O my lord, what are these - The angel here mentioned was distinct from those mentioned in the eighth verse; he who talked with the prophet, Zac 1:13.

Then said I, O my Lord,.... These are the words of the Prophet Zechariah to the angel that showed him this vision:
what are these? what is the meaning of this vision? particularly who are meant by the horses, red, speckled, and white, and those upon them?
And the angel that talked with me; who seems to be different from the Angel of the Lord, the man among the myrtle trees, Zac 1:8 he was one of the ministering spirits; see Revelation 17:1,
said unto me, I will show thee what these be; that is, give an interpretation of the vision, and point out the persons intended by the horses.

the angel that talked with me--not the "man upon the red horse," as is evident from Zac 1:10, where he (the Divine Angel) is distinguished from the "angel that talked with me" (the phrase used of him, Zac 1:13-14; Zac 2:3; Zac 4:1, Zac 4:4-5; Zac 5:5, Zac 5:10; Zac 6:4), that is, the interpreting angel. The Hebrew for "with me," or, "in me" (Numbers 12:8), implies internal, intimate communication [JEROME].
show thee--reveal to thy mental vision.

O my Lord - This was Christ, the Lord of hosts. What are these - What is the meaning of these appearances. The angel - Christ, the angel of the covenant.