Zechariah 4:12

And I asked again, and said unto him, What are these two branches of the zeytim which through the two golden sprouts pour the gold-colored oil out of themselves?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 replied by asking him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the menorah and upon the left side thereof?

13And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, Lo (no), adoni.

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Cross References

Haggai 1:1In the second year of Daryavesh HaMelech, in the sixth month, in yom echad of the month, came the Devar Hashem by Chaggai HaNavi unto Zerubavel ben Sh'altiel, Governor of Yehudah, and to Yehoshua ben Yehotzadak, + 1:1 i.e., the namesake of Moshiach, see Zech 6:11-12 the Kohen HaGadol, saying,

Revelation 11:4These are the two olive trees and the two menorot standing before the Adon kol ha'aretz. + 11:4 Ps 52:8; Jer 11:16; Zech 4:3,11-14

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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