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Zechariah 4:4
And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?
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Christian Standard Bible®
Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
Hebrew Names Version
I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
King James Version (1611)
So I answered and spake to the Angell that talked with mee, saying: What are these, my Lord?
So I answered and spake to the Angell that talked with mee, saying: What are these, my Lord?
King James Version
So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
English Standard Version
And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
And I said to the angel who talked with me, "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?"
Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
New Century Version
I asked the angel who talked with me, "Sir, what are these?"
I asked the angel who talked with me, "Sir, what are these?"
Amplified Bible
So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
So I answered, and spake to the Angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my Lord?
So I answered, and spake to the Angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my Lord?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, "What are these, my lord?"
Then I 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?"
Then I answered and said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, "What are these, my lord?"
Berean Standard Bible
"What are these, my lord?" I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
"What are these, my lord?" I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
Contemporary English Version
But, sir, what do these mean?"
But, sir, what do these mean?"
Complete Jewish Bible
I then asked the angel speaking with me, "What are these, my Lord?" The angel speaking with me said,
I then asked the angel speaking with me, "What are these, my Lord?" The angel speaking with me said,
Darby Translation
And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Easy-to-Read Version
Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "Sir, what do these things mean?"
Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "Sir, what do these things mean?"
George Lamsa Translation
So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Good News Translation
Then I asked the angel, "What do these things stand for, sir?"
Then I asked the angel, "What do these things stand for, sir?"
Lexham English Bible
And I answered and said to the angel who was talking to me, "What are these, my lord?"
And I answered and said to the angel who was talking to me, "What are these, my lord?"
Literal Translation
And I answered and spoke to the angel who was talking with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
And I answered and spoke to the angel who was talking with me, saying, 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?
And I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I answered and spoke to the angel that spoke with me, saying: 'What are these, my lord?'
And I answered and spoke to the angel that spoke with me, saying: 'What are these, my lord?'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So I aunswered, and spake to the angell that talked with me, saying, O my Lorde, what are these?
So I aunswered, and spake to the angell that talked with me, saying, O my Lorde, what are these?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, my lord?
And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with 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?
And I answered and spake 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?"
I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y answeride, and seide to the aungel that spak in me, and Y seide, What ben these thingis, my lord?
And Y answeride, and seide to the aungel that spak in me, and Y seide, What ben these thingis, my lord?
Update Bible Version
And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
And I answered and spoke to the angel that 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?
So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What [are] these, my lord?
New English Translation
Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, "What are these, sir?"
Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, "What are these, sir?"
New King James Version
So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
New Living Translation
Then I asked the angel, "What are these, my lord? What do they mean?"
Then I asked the angel, "What are these, my lord? What do they mean?"
New Life Bible
Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
New Revised Standard
I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then responded I, and said unto the messenger who was speaking with me, saying, - What are these, my lord?
Then responded I, and said unto the messenger who was speaking with me, saying, - What are these, my lord?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me, saying: What are these things, my lord?
And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me, saying: What are these things, my lord?
Revised Standard Version
And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
And I said to the angel who talked with me, "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?'
And I answer and speak unto the messenger who is speaking with me, saying, `What [are] these, my lord?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So I answered, & spake to the angel yt talked with me, sayenge: O my lorde what are these?
So I answered, & spake to the angel yt talked with me, sayenge: O my lorde what are these?
THE MESSAGE
Then I asked the Messenger-Angel, "What does this mean, sir?"
Then I asked the Messenger-Angel, "What does this mean, sir?"
Contextual Overview
1 And the angel who was talking to me came again, awaking me as a man out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see a light-support, made all of gold, with its cup on the top of it and seven lights on it; and there are seven pipes to every one of the lights which are on the top of it; 3 And two olive-trees by it, one on the right side of the cup and one on the left. 4 And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord? 5 Then the angel who was talking to me, answering me, said, Have you no knowledge of what these are? And I said, No, my lord. 6 This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies. 7 Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have put the base of this house in place, and his hands will make it complete; and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you. 10 For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
What: Zechariah 4:12-14, Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:19, Zechariah 5:6, Zechariah 6:4, Daniel 7:16-19, Daniel 12:8, Matthew 13:36, Revelation 7:13, Revelation 7:14
Cross-References
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
Genesis 4:17
And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.
And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
Genesis 15:17
Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
Exodus 13:12
You are to put on one side for the Lord every mother's first male child, the first-fruit of her body, and the first young one of every beast; every male is holy to the Lord.
You are to put on one side for the Lord every mother's first male child, the first-fruit of her body, and the first young one of every beast; every male is holy to the Lord.
Leviticus 9:24
And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.
And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.
Numbers 16:35
Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.
Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.
Numbers 18:12
All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.
All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.
Numbers 18:17
But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.
But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So I answered, and spake to the angel that talked with me,.... The same that awoke him out of sleep, and asked him what he saw:
saying, What [are] these, my lord? that is, what do they signify? what do they represent? or what are they emblems of? for he knew what they were; that they were a candlestick, and two olive trees; but he was desirous of knowing what the meaning of them were.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Osorius: “Awakened from his state of sleep, even thus the prophet seemed slowly to understand what was shown him. He asks then of the instructing angel. The angel, almost amazed, asks if he knowns it not, and when he plainly declares his ignorance, makes clear the enigma of the vision.”
