Zechariah 4:12
New International Version
Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”

New Living Translation
and what are the two olive branches that pour out golden oil through two gold tubes?”

English Standard Version
And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is poured out?”

Berean Standard Bible
And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

King James Bible
And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

New King James Version
And I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”

New American Standard Bible
And I responded the second time and said to him, “What are the two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?”

NASB 1995
And I answered the second time and said to him, “What are the two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?”

NASB 1977
And I answered the second time and said to him, “What are the two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?”

Legacy Standard Bible
And I answered the second time and said to him, “What are the two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?”

Amplified Bible
And a second time I said to him, “What are these two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes by which the golden oil is emptied?”

Christian Standard Bible
And I questioned him further, “What are the two streams of the olive trees, from which the golden oil is pouring through the two golden conduits? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold conduits, from which golden oil pours out?”

American Standard Version
And I answered the second time, and said unto him, What are these two olive-branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil out of themselves?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I answered the second time and I said to him: “And what are these two branches of olive trees that are between two nozzles of gold which pour gold from them?”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I asked the second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive-trees that are by the side of the two golden pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels?

Contemporary English Version
And what is the meaning of the two branches from which golden olive oil flows through the two gold pipes?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I answered again, and said to him: What are the two olive branches, that are by the two golden beaks, in which are the funnels of gold?

English Revised Version
And I answered the second time, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil out of themselves?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Again I asked him, "What is the meaning of the two branches from the olive trees next to the two golden pipes that are pouring out gold?"

Good News Translation
And what is the meaning of the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the olive oil pours?"

International Standard Version
I also asked him a second question: "What are these two olive branches on either side of the two golden feeder channels that carry the golden oil to the seven lights?"

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I answered the second time, and said unto him: 'What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil out of themselves?'

Literal Standard Version
And I answer a second time, and say to him, “What [are] the two branches of the olive trees that, by means of the two golden pipes, are emptying out of themselves the oil?”

Majority Standard Bible
And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

New American Bible
A second time I asked, “What are the two streams from the olive trees that pour out golden oil through two taps of gold?”

NET Bible
Before he could reply I asked again, "What are these two extensions of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?"

New Revised Standard Version
And a second time I said to him, “What are these two branches of the olive trees, which pour out the oil through the two golden pipes?”

New Heart English Bible
I asked him the second time, "What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that pour the golden oil out of themselves?"

Webster's Bible Translation
And I answered again, and said to him, What are these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

World English Bible
I asked him the second time, “What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts that pour the golden oil out of themselves?”

Young's Literal Translation
And I answer a second time, and say unto him, 'What are the two branches of the olive trees that, by means of the two golden pipes, are emptying out of themselves the oil?'

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Context
The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees
11Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?” 12And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?” 13“Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.…

Cross References
Zechariah 4:11
Then I asked the angel, "What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?"

Zechariah 4:13
"Do you not know what these are?" he inquired. "No, my lord," I replied.


Treasury of Scripture

And I answered again, and said to him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

What be.

Matthew 20:23
And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

Revelation 11:4
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

through.

Haggai 1:1
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

Heb.

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Zechariah 4
1. By the golden candlestick is foreshown the good success of Zerubbabel's foundation;
11. by the two olive trees the two anointed ones.














Verse 12. - The prophet perceives the chief point in the mystic olive trees, so he alters his question the second time, asking, What be these two olive branches? (shibbolim); Vulgate, spicae, "ears," as of corn, so called, as Kimchi supposes, because they were full of berries, as the ears are full of grains of corn. Which through the two golden pipes, etc.; rather, which by means of two golden tubes are emptying the golden oil out of themselves. The oil dropped of itself from the fruit-bearing branches into two tubes, spouts, or channels, which conveyed it to the central reservoir. The Revised Version renders, "which are beside the two golden spouts;" like the Vulgate, quae sunt juxta duo rostra aurea. The LXX. has, οἱ κλάδοι οἱ ἐν ταῖς χεροὶ τῶν δύο μυξωτήρων ("beaks," "noses") τῶν χρυσῶν - where "in the hands" or "by the hands" may be a Hebraism for "by means of." The golden oil; Hebrew, the gold. The oil is so called from its colour. The Greek and Latin versions lose this idea altogether, In quibus sunt suffusoria ex auro (Vulgate); "leading to the golden vessels" (Septuagint).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And I questioned
וָאַ֣עַן (wā·’a·‘an)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

him further,
שֵׁנִ֔ית (šê·nîṯ)
Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

“What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

are the two
שְׁתֵּ֞י (šə·tê)
Number - fdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

olive
הַזֵּיתִ֗ים (haz·zê·ṯîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2132: An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry

branches
שִׁבֲּלֵ֣י (šib·bă·lê)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 7641: A stream, an ear of grain, a branch

beside
בְּיַ֗ד (bə·yaḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

the two
שְׁנֵי֙ (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

gold
הַזָּהָ֔ב (haz·zā·hāḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

pipes
צַנְתְּר֣וֹת (ṣan·tə·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6804: A tube

from which
מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (mê·‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition-m | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the golden [oil]
הַזָּהָֽב׃ (haz·zā·hāḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

pours?”
הַֽמְרִיקִ֥ים (ham·rî·qîm)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7324: Arm, cast out, draw out, make empty, pour forth out


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