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

1The 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. And two olive trees are standing by the lampstand. One tree is on the right and one tree is on the left.’ 4I, Zechariah, said to the angel that talked with me, ‘What does this light mean, my lord?’ 5He said, ‘Do you not know what these are?’ 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 the angel, ‘What are these two olive trees that stand on the right and on the left of the lampstand?’
• Judges 9:9But the olive tree replied, “My oil pleases men and even the gods. I will not stop making my oil so that I can rule over all you other trees!”
• Romans 11:17Israel's people are like an olive tree that a farmer has planted. But God has broken off some of that tree's branches. Then he has taken a branch from a wild olive tree. He has put that wild branch into the farmer's tree, to become part of that tree. You Gentiles are like the wild branch. Now you receive food from the root of the farmer's tree, to make you strong.
• Revelation 11:4These servants are the two olive trees and the two lampstands. They stand in front of God who is 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