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Zechariah 4:1
1The angel that talked with me before woke me. I, Zechariah, was like a man who wakes out of his sleep.
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
The angel that talked with me before woke me. I, Zechariah, was like a man who wakes out of his sleep. 2The angel said to me, ‘What do you see?’ I said, ‘I see a lampstand that is made from gold. It has seven lamps and a bowl on top which contains oil. And it has seven branches that take the oil to each lamp. 3And two olive trees are standing by the lampstand. One tree is on the right and one tree is on the left.’
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וַיָּ֕שָׁב הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י וַיְעִירֵ֕נִי כְּאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יֵע֥וֹר מִשְּׁנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zechariah 4:1
- Zechariah 1:9I asked him, ‘My lord, what are these horses?’ The angel who talked with me said, ‘I will show you what they are.’
- Zechariah 2:3The angel that talked with me went away. Another angel came to meet him.
- Zechariah 3:6The angel of the Lord spoke to Joshua with these serious words.
- 1 Kings 19:5Then he lay down under the tree and he slept. Suddenly, an angel came and touched him. The angel said, ‘Get up and eat something.’
- Jeremiah 31:26Then they will say, “When I woke from my sleep and I looked around, I was happy.” ’
- Daniel 8:18While Gabriel spoke to me I was lying with my face on the ground. I was asleep. But he touched me and he caused me to stand up.
- Daniel 10:8So I was there alone to see this great vision. All my strength disappeared. My face became very white. I was very weak.
- Luke 9:32While this was happening, Peter and his friends were sleeping. Then they really woke up and they saw that Jesus was very great and beautiful. They also saw the two men that were standing near to him.
- Luke 22:45Then Jesus finished praying and he stood up again. He returned to the disciples. He saw that they were sleeping. They were very weak and tired because they were so sad.
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
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