Zechariah 4:5

Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Do you not know what these are?"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 answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"

6Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, '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, saying, "Without God an answer of welfare shall not be given to Pharaoh."

Daniel 2:30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

Zechariah 4:13He answered me, "Do you not know what these are?"I said, "No, my lord."

1 Corinthians 2:12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were 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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