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Zechariah 4:1
1Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.
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
Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep. 2“What do you see now?” he asked. I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top of it. Around the bowl are seven lamps, each having seven spouts with wicks. 3And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl.”
Read all of Zechariah 4Zechariah 4:1 word by word
וַיָּ֕שָׁב הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י וַיְעִירֵ֕נִי כְּאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יֵע֥וֹר מִשְּׁנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Zechariah 4:1
- Zechariah 1:9I asked the angel who was talking with me, “My lord, what do these horses mean?” “I will show you,” the angel replied.
- Zechariah 2:3Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.
- Zechariah 3:6Then the angel of the Lord spoke very solemnly to Jeshua and said,
- 1 Kings 19:5Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!”
- Jeremiah 31:26At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been very sweet.
- Daniel 8:18While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet.
- Daniel 10:8So I was left there all alone to see this amazing vision. My strength left me, my face grew deathly pale, and I felt very weak.
- Luke 9:32Peter and the others had fallen asleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with him.
- Luke 22:45At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them asleep, 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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