Zechariah 4:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 4:4

2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is ^aa lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, ^band on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.

3 ^aTwo olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.”

4 So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

6 So he answered and said to me:
“This is the word of the Lord to ^aZerubbabel:
^b‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the Lord of hosts.

7 ‘Who are you, ^aO great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!
And he shall bring forth ^bthe capstone
^cWith shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”

8 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

9 “The hands of Zerubbabel
^aHave laid the foundation of this¹ temple;
His hands ^bshall also finish it.
Then ^cyou will know
That the ^dLord of hosts has sent Me to you.

10 For who has despised the¹ day of ^asmall things?
For these seven rejoice to see
The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
^bThey are the eyes of the Lord,
Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”

11 Then I answered and said to him, “What are these ^atwo olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?”

12 And I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip¹ into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”

Verse Comparison: Zechariah 4:4

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American Standard Version
And I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

Amplified® Bible
So I asked the angel who talked with me, What are these, my lord?

Contemporary English Version
But, sir, what do these mean?"

Darby English Version
And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

Good News Bible
Then I asked the angel, "What do these things stand for, sir?"

King James Version
So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

New American Standard Bible
Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, "What are these, my lord?"

New International Version
I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"

New King James Version
So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then I said to the angel who spoke with me saying, "What do these represent, my lord?"

Revised Standard Version
And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"

Young's Literal Translation
And I answer and speak unto the messenger who is speaking with me, saying, `What `are' these, my lord?'

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