Zechariah 4:5

Then the [heavenly] agent who talked with me answered and said to me, Do thou not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

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In The King James Version

Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

In Context

4And I answered and spoke to the [heavenly] agent who talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

6Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says LORD of hosts.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

Daniel 2:30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living man, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that thou may know the thoughts of thy heart.

Zechariah 4:13And he answered me and said, Do thou not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

1 Corinthians 2:12But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the spirit from God, so that we might know the things graciously given to us by God.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 4:2-11

The Vision of the Golden Candlestick; The Building of the Temple Encouraged. ( b. c. 520.) 1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, 2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: 3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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