Revelation 11:4

These are the two olive-trees, and the two candlesticks which stand before the Lord of the earth.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

In Context

3And I will give my two witnesses; and they will prophesy a thousand and two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

5And if any person will harm them, fire cometh out of their mouth, and consumeth their adversary; and if any one will harm them, thus must he be slain.

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Cross References

Luke 11:33No one lighteth a lamp, and putteth it in a secret place, or under a bushel, but upon a light-stand; that they who come in, may see its light.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 11:4-14

The Two Witnesses. ( a. d. 95.) 3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have… Read the whole commentary →

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