Zechariah 4:1

Zechariah 4:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
• New International Version (NIV)Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

Context of Zechariah 4:1

And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. 2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see, and behold, a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven [lamps] and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof; 3and two olive-trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and the other on the left of it.

Zechariah 4:1 word by word

וַיָּ֕שָׁב הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י וַיְעִירֵ֕נִי כְּאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יֵע֥וֹר מִשְּׁנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142

Cross-references for Zechariah 4:1

• Zechariah 1:9And I said, My lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these are.
• Zechariah 2:3And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth; and another angel went forth to meet him,
• Zechariah 3:6And the Angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying,
• 1 Kings 19:5And he lay down and slept under the broom-bush. And behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise, eat!
• Jeremiah 31:26— Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
• Daniel 8:18Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep stupor, with my face toward the ground. And he touched me, and set me up where I had stood.
• Daniel 10:8And I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; and my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
• Luke 9:32But Peter and those with him were oppressed with sleep: but having fully awoke up they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.
• Luke 22:45And rising up from his prayer, coming to the disciples, he found them sleeping from grief.

Commentaries on Zechariah 4:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The angel - came again, and waked me - Abp. Newcome considers this vision as represented on the same night, Zechariah 1:8, with the preceding ones. See the latter part of Zechariah 1:10, compared with Zechariah 3:9. After some interval the prophet, overpowered with the vision which had been presented to him, was awakened from his prophetic trance as from a sleep.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The angel came again - The angel (as before Zechariah 2:3) had gone forth to receive some fresh instruction from a higher angel or from God. And awakened me - As a man is awakened out of sleep. Zechariah, overwhelmed by the greatness of the visions, must have sunk down in a sort of stupor, as after the vision of the ram and he-goat, as Gabriel was speaking with him, Daniel says, “I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground, and he touched me and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1A vision of a candlestick, with two olive trees. (1-7) Further encouragement. (8-10) An explanation respecting the olive trees. (11-14) Verses 1-7 The prophet's spirit was willing to attend, but the flesh was weak. We should beg of God that, whenever he speaks to us, he would awaken us, and we should then stir up ourselves. The church is a golden candlestick, or lamp-bearer, set up for enlightening this dark world, and holding forth the light of Divine…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1woke me: Zechariah received a series of visions (Zechariah 1:7–6:8) in one night. The prophet slept briefly before this fifth vision.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-141. waked me--The prophet was lying in a state of ecstatic slumber with astonishment at the previous vision. "Came again, and waked me," does not imply that the angel had departed and now returned, but is an idiom for "waked me again."Read the comment

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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