Zechariah 4:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 4:3

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 two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.

Amplified® Bible
And there are two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl and the other upon the left side of it [feeding it continuously with oil].

Contemporary English Version
One olive tree is on the right side and another on the left of the oil container.

Darby English Version
and two olive-trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and the other on the left of it.

Good News Bible
There are two olive trees beside the lampstand, one on each side of it."

King James Version
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.

New American Standard Bible
also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side."

New International Version
Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."

New King James Version
Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side."

Revised Standard Version
And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."

Young's Literal Translation
and two olive-trees `are' by it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.'

New English Translation
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the receptacle and the other on the left.”¹

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