New English Translation
Zechariah 4:1
1The angelic messenger who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from 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 angelic messenger who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep. 2He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps. 3There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the receptacle and the other on the left.”
Read all of Zechariah 4Zechariah 4:1 word by word
וַיָּ֕שָׁב הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י וַיְעִירֵ֕נִי כְּאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יֵע֥וֹר מִשְּׁנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zechariah 4:1
- Zechariah 1:9Then I asked one nearby, “What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said, “I will show you what these are.”
- Zechariah 2:3At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him
- Zechariah 3:6Then the angel of the Lord exhorted Joshua solemnly:
- 1 Kings 19:5He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
- Jeremiah 31:26Then they will say, ‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’”
- Daniel 8:18As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright.
- Daniel 10:8I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy.
- Luke 9:32Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy, but as they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.
- Luke 22:45When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted 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
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