Zechariah 4:12

And answering a second time, I said to him, What are these two olive branches, through whose gold pipes the oil is drained out?

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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

11And I made answer and said to him, What are these two olive-trees on the right side of the light-support and on the left?

13And he said in answer to me, Have you no knowledge 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, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

Revelation 11:4These are the two olive-trees and the two lights, which are 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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