Zechariah 4:5

The angel who was talking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these things mean?” I said, “No, my master.”

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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

4So I spoke again to the angel who was talking with me. I said, “What do these things mean, my master?”

6So he said to me, “This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of hosts.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:16Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me. God will answer Pharaoh with favor.”

Daniel 2:30As for me, this mystery was not revealed to me because of any wisdom that I have more than any other living person. This mystery was revealed to me so that you, king, may understand the meaning, and so that you may know the thoughts deep within you.

Zechariah 4:13Then he said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my master.”

1 Corinthians 2:12But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we might know the things freely 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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