Zechariah 4:12

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

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

11Then I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side of it?

13And he answered me and said, Do thou not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

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Cross References

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

Revelation 11:4These men are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, having stood before the Lord of the earth.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 4:12-14

The Vision of the Olive-Trees. ( b. c. 520.) 11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12 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? 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.… Read the whole commentary →

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