Zechariah 4:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 4:1

Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

1 Now ^athe angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, ^bas a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

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?”

13 Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

14 So he said, ^a“These are the two anointed ones, ^bwho stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.”

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American Standard Version
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

Amplified® Bible
AND THE angel who talked with me came again and awakened me, like a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

Contemporary English Version
The angel who explained the visions woke me from what seemed like sleep.

Darby English Version
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

Good News Bible
The angel who had been speaking to me came again and roused me as if I had been sleeping.

King James Version
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

New American Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep.

New International Version
Then the angel who talked with me returned and wakened me, as a man is wakened from his sleep.

New King James Version
Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the angel who spoke with me returned and roused me, as a man who has awakened from his sleep.

Revised Standard Version
And the angel who talked with me came again, and waked me, like a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger who is speaking with me doth turn back, and stir me up as one who is stirred up out of his sleep,

New English Translation
The angelic messenger¹ who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep.

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