Zechariah 4:5

“Don't you know what these are?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.

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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

4Then I asked the angel I was talking to, “What are these, my lord?”

6Then he told me, “This is the Lord's message to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:16“It's not me who can do this,” Joseph replied. “But God will explain its meaning to set Your Majesty's mind at rest.”

Daniel 2:30It's not because I have any more wisdom than anyone else that this mystery has been revealed to me, but to explain to Your Majesty what you were thinking about so you could understand.

Zechariah 4:13“Don't you know?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.

1 Corinthians 2:12For we have received the Spirit from God, not the spirit of this world, so that we could understand what God so generously gave us.

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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