Zechariah 4:5

Zechariah 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
• New International Version (NIV)He answered, “Do you not know what these are?” “No, my lord,” I replied.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.”

Context of Zechariah 4:5

3also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.” 4Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?” So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” 6Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of armies. 7‘What are you, you great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring out the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

Zechariah 4:5 word by word

וַ֠יַּעַן הַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּי֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י הֲל֥וֹא יָדַ֖עְתָּ מָה־הֵ֣מָּה אֵ֑לֶּה וָאֹמַ֖ר לֹ֥א אֲדֹנִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• the angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
• who was speakingדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with me answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Do you not knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• Noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113

Cross-references for Zechariah 4:5

• Zechariah 4:13So he answered me, saying, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
• Mark 4:13And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?
• Genesis 41:16Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “It has nothing to do with me; God will give Pharaoh an answer for his own good.”
• Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.
• Daniel 2:30But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me more than in any other living person, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
• 1 Corinthians 2:12Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God.

Commentaries on Zechariah 4:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-14This vision shows that God, through his Spirit, would help Zerubbabel and Jeshua rebuild the temple.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Knowest thou not, &c.--Not a reproof of his ignorance, but a stimulus to reflection on the mystery. No, my lord--ingenious confession of ignorance; as a little child he casts himself for instruction at the feet of the Lord.Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 4:5

• Holy Spirit
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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