Zechariah 4:4

Zechariah 4:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
• New International Version (NIV)I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

Context of Zechariah 4:4

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.” Then I asked the angel, “What are these, my lord? What do they mean?” 5“Don’t you know?” the angel asked. “No, my lord,” I replied. 6Then he said to me, “This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Zechariah 4:4 word by word

וָאַ֙עַן֙ וָֽאֹמַ֔ר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר מָה־אֵ֖לֶּה אֲדֹנִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So I answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and spakeאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to the angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
• that talkedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• these, my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113

Cross-references for Zechariah 4:4

• Zechariah 4:12and what are the two olive branches that pour out golden oil through two gold tubes?”
• 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 5:6“What is it?” I asked. He replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain, and it’s filled with the sins of everyone throughout the land.”
• Zechariah 6:4“And what are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.
• Daniel 7:16So I approached one of those standing beside the throne and asked him what it all meant. He explained it to me like this:
• Daniel 12:8I heard what he said, but I did not understand what he meant. So I asked, “How will all this finally end, my lord?”
• Matthew 13:36Then, leaving the crowds outside, Jesus went into the house. His disciples said, “Please explain to us the story of the weeds in the field.”
• Revelation 7:13Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, “Who are these who are clothed in white? Where did they come from?”

Commentaries on Zechariah 4:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Osorius: “Awakened from his state of sleep, even thus the prophet seemed slowly to understand what was shown him. He asks then of the instructing angel. The angel, almost amazed, asks if he knowns it not, and when he plainly declares his ignorance, makes clear the enigma of the vision.”Read the comment
• 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. 44. The prophet is instructed in the truths meant, that we may read them with the greater reverence and attention [Calvin].Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 4:4

• Holy Spirit
• Olive

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• 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