Zechariah 4:3

Zechariah 4:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.”

Context of Zechariah 4:3

1And the angel who was speaking with me came back and awakened me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. 2He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl [for oil] on the top of it and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it. And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side [supplying it continuously with oil].” 4So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5Then the angel who was speaking with me answered me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

Zechariah 4:3 word by word

וּשְׁנַ֥יִם זֵיתִ֖ים עָלֶ֑יהָ אֶחָד֙ מִימִ֣ין הַגֻּלָּ֔ה וְאֶחָ֖ד עַל־שְׂמֹאלָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• olive treesזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
• by it, oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• upon the rightיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• of the bowlגֻּלָּהgûllâh · bowlH1543
• upon the leftשְׂמֹאלώemô'l ώem'ôl · leftH8040

Cross-references for Zechariah 4:3

• Zechariah 4:11Then I said to him [who was speaking with me], “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on its left?”
• Judges 9:9But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I give up my fatness by which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?’
• Romans 11:17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you [Gentiles], being like a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share with them the rich root of the olive tree,
• Revelation 11:4These [witnesses] are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth.

Commentaries on Zechariah 4:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3gold lampstand: The golden menorah in the Tabernacle was first described in Exodus 25:31. A similar lampstand was later placed in the new temple. It served as a symbol of God’s purity and holiness and of the light that comes from his revelation. The two olive trees represent the roles of priest and king in Israel. They symbolize Jeshua and Zerubbabel. The golden oil represents God's Holy Spirit (see also Zechariah 4:12–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. two olive trees--supplying oil to the bowl. The Holy Ghost, who fills with His fulness Messiah (the anointed: the "bowl"), from whom flow supplies of grace to the Church. by it--literally, "upon it," that is, growing so as somewhat to overtop it. For the explanation of the "two" see Zec 4:12, 14.Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 4:3

• Holy Spirit
• Olive
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Bowl
• Olivetree
• Wake
• Bible, the
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Joshua (3)
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Zechariah 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings