Zechariah 4:12
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?
King James Version
In Context
13And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Cross References
Haggai 1:1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
Revelation 11:4These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
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 →