Zechariah 4:5

Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Know you not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

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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 answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

6Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

Daniel 2:30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that you might know the thoughts of your heart.

Zechariah 4:13And he answered me and said, Know you not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

1 Corinthians 2:12Now we have received, not the spirit (o. pneuma) of the world, but the spirit (o. pneuma) which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of 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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