Verse Comparison: Zechariah 4:12
American Standard Version
And I answered the second time, and said unto him, What are these two olive-branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden `oil' out of themselves?
Amplified® Bible
And a second time I said to him, What are these two olive branches which are beside the two golden tubes {or} spouts by which the golden oil is emptied out?
Contemporary English Version
And what is the meaning of the two branches from which golden olive oil flows through the two gold pipes?"
Darby English Version
And I answered the second time and said unto him, What are the two olive-branches which are beside the two golden tubes that empty the gold out of themselves?
Good News Bible
And what is the meaning of the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the olive oil pours?"
King James Version
And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
New American Standard Bible
And I answered the second time and said to him, "What are the two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden {oil} from themselves?"
New International Version
Again I asked him, "What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?"
New King James Version
And I further answered and said to him, "What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?"
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And I answered the second time and said to him, "What signifies the two olive branches which stand beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?"
Revised Standard Version
And a second time I said to him, "What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the oil is poured out?"
Young's Literal Translation
And I answer a second time, and say unto him, `What `are' the two branches of the olive trees that, by means of the two golden pipes, are emptying out of themselves the oil?'