Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” New Living Translation Then I asked the angel, “What are these, my lord? What do they mean?” English Standard Version And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” Berean Standard Bible “What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me. King James Bible So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? New King James Version So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?” New American Standard Bible Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?” NASB 1995 Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, “What are these, my lord?” NASB 1977 Then I answered and said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, “What are these, my lord?” Legacy Standard Bible Then I answered and said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, “What are these, my lord?” Amplified Bible So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?” Christian Standard Bible Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?"” American Standard Version And I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I answered and I said to the Angel who spoke with me: ”What are these, my Lord?” Brenton Septuagint Translation And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, my lord? Contemporary English Version But, sir, what do these mean?" Douay-Rheims Bible And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me, saying: What are these things, my lord? English Revised Version And I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? GOD'S WORD® Translation I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "What do these things mean, sir?" Good News Translation Then I asked the angel, "What do these things stand for, sir?" International Standard Version Then I asked the angel who had been speaking with me, "Sir, what are these?" JPS Tanakh 1917 And I answered and spoke to the angel that spoke with me, saying: 'What are these, my lord?' Literal Standard Version And I answer and speak to the messenger who is speaking with me, saying, “What [are] these, my lord?” Majority Standard Bible “What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me. New American Bible Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, “What are these things, my lord?” NET Bible Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, "What are these, sir?" New Revised Standard Version I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” New Heart English Bible I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?" Webster's Bible Translation So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? World English Bible I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?” Young's Literal Translation And I answer and speak unto the messenger who is speaking with me, saying, 'What are these, my lord?' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees…3There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.” 4“What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me. 5“Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.… Cross References Zechariah 1:9 "What are these, my lord?" I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, "I will show you what they are." Zechariah 4:5 "Do you not know what they are?" replied the angel. "No, my lord," I answered. Zechariah 4:13 "Do you not know what these are?" he inquired. "No, my lord," I replied. Zechariah 6:4 So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?" Treasury of Scripture So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? What. Zechariah 4:12-14 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? … Zechariah 1:9,19 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be… Zechariah 5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. Jump to Previous Angel Messenger Speak Speaking Talked TalkingJump to Next Angel Messenger Speak Speaking Talked TalkingZechariah 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 4. - What are these, my lord? The question may refer to the two olive trees, which were a novelty to the prophet, who, of course, was well acquainted with the form and use, if not the symbolism, of the candelabrum. But it may also be taken as desiring information about the whole vision. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Whatמָה־ (māh-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what are these, אֵ֖לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those my lord?” אֲדֹנִֽי׃ (’ă·ḏō·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller I asked וָאַ֙עַן֙ (wā·’a·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond the angel הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ (ham·mal·’āḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel who was speaking with me. הַדֹּבֵ֥ר (had·dō·ḇêr) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue Links Zechariah 4:4 NIVZechariah 4:4 NLT Zechariah 4:4 ESV Zechariah 4:4 NASB Zechariah 4:4 KJV Zechariah 4:4 BibleApps.com Zechariah 4:4 Biblia Paralela Zechariah 4:4 Chinese Bible Zechariah 4:4 French Bible Zechariah 4:4 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Zechariah 4:4 I answered and spoke to the angel (Zech. 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