Zechariah 4:11
New International Version
Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”

New Living Translation
Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand,

English Standard Version
Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”

Berean Standard Bible
Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

King James Bible
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?

New King James Version
Then I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?”

New American Standard Bible
Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”

NASB 1995
Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”

NASB 1977
Then I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”

Legacy Standard Bible
Then I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”

Amplified Bible
Then I said to him [who was speaking with me], “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on its left?”

Christian Standard Bible
I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

American Standard Version
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?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I answered and I said to him: ”And what are these two olive trees that are at the right of the bowl and at its left?”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the candlestick?

Contemporary English Version
Then I asked the angel, "What about the olive trees on each side of the lampstand? What do they represent?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I answered, and said to him: What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick, and upon the left side thereof?

English Revised Version
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?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I asked the angel, "What do these two olive trees at the right and the left of the lamp stand mean?"

Good News Translation
Then I asked him, "What do the two olive trees on either side of the lampstand mean?

International Standard Version
Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees, one on the right of the menorah and one on the left?"

JPS Tanakh 1917
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?'

Literal Standard Version
And I answer and say to him, “What [are] these two olive-trees, on the right of the lampstand, and on its left?”

Majority Standard Bible
Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

New American Bible
I then asked him, “What are these two olive trees, on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”

NET Bible
Next I asked the messenger, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the menorah?"

New Revised Standard Version
Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”

New Heart English Bible
Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left side of it?"

Webster's Bible Translation
Then I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon its left side?

World English Bible
Then I asked him, “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lamp stand and on the left side of it?”

Young's Literal Translation
And I answer and say unto him, 'What are these two olive-trees, on the right of the candlestick, and on its left?'

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Context
The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees
10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.” 11Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?” 12And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”…

Cross References
Revelation 11:4
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Zechariah 4:3
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left."

Zechariah 4:12
And I questioned him further, "What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?"


Treasury of Scripture

Then answered I, and said to him, What are these two olive trees on the right side of the candlestick and on the left side thereof?

What.

Zechariah 4:3
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.

Revelation 11:4
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

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Zechariah 4
1. By the golden candlestick is foreshown the good success of Zerubbabel's foundation;
11. by the two olive trees the two anointed ones.














Verse 11. - Then answered I. The prophet had received a general explanation of the vision; he had probably understood that the candelabrum represented the theocracy, of whose restoration and life the temple was the symbol and vehicle. One point was still obscure, and he asks, What are these two olive trees? (ver. 3). To this question no answer is immediately forthcoming, the answer being delayed in order to augment the prophet's desire of understanding the vision, and to induce him to make the question more definite.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then I asked
וָאַ֖עַן (wā·’a·‘an)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

[the angel],
אֵלָ֑יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

are the
הָאֵ֔לֶה (hā·’ê·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

two
שְּׁנֵ֤י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

olive trees
הַזֵּיתִים֙ (haz·zê·ṯîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2132: An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the right
יְמִ֥ין (yə·mîn)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south

and left
שְׂמֹאולָֽהּ׃ (śə·mō·w·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8040: Dark, the north, the left hand

of the lampstand?”
הַמְּנוֹרָ֖ה (ham·mə·nō·w·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4501: A chandelier


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