Zechariah 4:5

Then the messenger who talked with me answered, “Don’t you 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

4I said to the messenger who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

6He said to me, “This is the message of the Lord regarding Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts,

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Cross References

Genesis 41:16Joseph answered Pharaoh, “Not I; God only can give Pharaoh a satisfactory answer.”

Zechariah 4:13He answered me, “Don’t you now what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

1 Corinthians 2:12And as for us, it is not the spirit of the world that we have received, but the Spirit that comes from God, so that we may realize the blessings given to us by him.

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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