Zechariah 4:4

Complete Jewish Bible

I then asked the angel speaking with me, "What are these, my Lord?" The angel speaking with me said,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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?"

King James Version (1611)
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?

English Standard Version
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?"

New Century Version
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?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
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?"

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
But, sir, what do these mean?"

Darby Translation
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?"

George Lamsa Translation
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?"

Lexham English Bible
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?

American Standard Version
And I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

Bible in Basic English
And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, 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?'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
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?

English Revised Version
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?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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?

Webster's Bible Translation
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?"

New King James Version
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?"

New Life Bible
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?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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?

Revised Standard Version
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?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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?"

Contextual Overview

¹ Then the angel that had been speaking with me returned and roused me, as if he were waking someone up from being asleep, ² and asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I've been looking at a menorah; it's all of gold, with a bowl at its top, seven lamps on it, and seven tubes leading to the lamps at its top. ³ Next to it are two olive trees, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left." ⁴ I then asked the angel speaking with me, "What are these, my Lord?" The angel speaking with me said, ⁵ "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my Lord." ⁶ Then he answered me, "This is the word of Adonai to Z'rubavel: ‘Not by force, and not by power, but by my Spirit,' says Adonai -Tzva'ot. ⁷ ‘What are you, you big mountain? Before Z'rubavel you will become a plain; and he will put the capstone in place, as everyone shouts, "It's beautiful! Beautiful!"' ⁸ This message from Adonai came to me: ⁹ ‘The hands of Z'rubavel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will also finish it.' Then you will know that Adonai -Tzva'ot sent me to you. ¹⁰ For even someone who doesn't think much of a day when such minor events take place will rejoice at seeing the plumbline in the hand of Z'rubavel. So these seven are the eyes of Adonai that range about over 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
So Kayin left the presence of Adonai and lived in the land of Nod [wandering], east of ‘Eden.

Genesis 4:17
Kayin had sexual relations with his wife; she conceived and gave birth to Hanokh. Kayin built a city and named the city after his son Hanokh.

Genesis 4:19
(S: v) Lemekh took himself two wives; the name of the one was ‘Adah, while the name of the other was Tzilah.

Genesis 4:20
‘Adah gave birth to Yaval; he was the ancestor of those who live in tents and have cattle.

Genesis 15:17
After the sun had set and there was thick darkness, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared, which passed between these animal parts.

Exodus 13:12
you are to set apart for Adonai everything that is first from the womb. Every firstborn male animal will belong to Adonai .

Leviticus 9:24
(iii) Fire came forth from the presence of Adonai , consuming the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

Numbers 16:35
Then fire came out from Adonai and destroyed the 250 men who had offered the incense.

Numbers 18:12
All the best of the olive oil, wine and grain, the first portion of what they give to Adonai , I have given to you.

Numbers 18:17
But the firstborn of an ox, sheep or goat you are not to redeem; they are holy — you are to splash their blood against the altar and make their fat go up in smoke as an offering made by fire, as a fragrant aroma for Adonai .

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.”