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Geneva Bible

Zechariah 4:5

Then the Angel that talked with mee, answered and said vnto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Lord.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Holy Spirit;   Olive;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the Second;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Olive;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Messiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Prophet;   Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Messiah;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Zerubbabel;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Old - golden;   Olive (tree);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hearth;   Zechariah, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Don’t you know what they are?” replied the angel who was speaking with me.
Hebrew Names Version
Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
King James Version (1611)
Then the Angel that talked with me, answered and said vnto me; Knowest thou not what these be? and I said; No, my Lord.
King James Version
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
English Standard Version
Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
New American Standard Bible
So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
New Century Version
The angel said, "Don't you know what they are?" "No, sir," I said.
Amplified Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
Legacy Standard Bible
So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
Berean Standard Bible
"Do you not know what they are?" replied the angel. "No, my lord," I answered.
Contemporary English Version
Then he asked, "Don't you know?" "No sir," I replied.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my Lord."
Darby Translation
And the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
Easy-to-Read Version
The angel speaking with me said, "Don't you know what these things are?" "No sir," I said.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, Do you not know what these are? and I said, No, my lord, I do not know.
Good News Translation
"Don't you know?" he asked me. "No, I don't, sir," I replied. The angel said to me, "The seven lamps are the seven eyes of the Lord , which see all over the earth." Then I asked him, "What do the two olive trees on either side of the lampstand mean? And what is the meaning of the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the olive oil pours?" He asked me, "Don't you know?" "No, I don't, sir," I answered. Then he said, "These are the two men whom God has chosen and anointed to serve him, the Lord of the whole earth."
Lexham English Bible
And the angel who was talking with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
Literal Translation
And the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, Do you not know what these are ? And I said, No, my lord.
American Standard Version
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
Bible in Basic English
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the angel that spoke with me answered and said unto me: 'Knowest thou not what these are?' And I said: 'No, my lord.'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The angell that talked with me aunswered and saide vnto me: Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No my Lorde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the angel that talked with me answered, and spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said, No, my lord.
English Revised Version
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
World English Bible
Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the aungel that spak in me, answeride, and seide to me, Whether thou woist not what ben these thingis? And Y seide, No, my lord.
Update Bible Version
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said to me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said to me, Knowest thou not what these are? and I said, No, my lord.
New English Translation
He replied, "Don't you know what these are?" So I responded, "No, sir."
New King James Version
Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
New Living Translation
"Don't you know?" the angel asked. "No, my lord," I replied.
New Life Bible
So the angel who was speaking with me said, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
New Revised Standard
Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then answered the messenger who was speaking with me, and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these, are? And I said, No my lord.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the angel that spoke in me answered, and said to me: Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said: No, my lord.
Revised Standard Version
Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger who is speaking with me answereth and saith unto me, `Hast thou not known what these [are]?' And I say, `No, my lord.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The angel that talked with me, answered & sayde vnto me: knowest thou not what these be? And I sayde: No, my lorde.
THE MESSAGE
The Messenger-Angel said, "Can't you tell?" "No, sir," I said. Then he said, "This is God 's Message to Zerubbabel: ‘You can't force these things. They only come about through my Spirit,' says God -of-the-Angel-Armies. ‘So, big mountain, who do you think you are? Next to Zerubbabel you're nothing but a molehill. He'll proceed to set the Cornerstone in place, accompanied by cheers: Yes! Yes! Do it!'"

Contextual Overview

1 And the Angel that talked with mee, came againe and waked mee, as a man that is raysed out of his sleepe, 2 And saide vnto me, What seest thou? And I said, I haue looked, and beholde, a candlesticke all of gold with a bowle vpon the toppe of it, and his seuen lampes therein, and seuen pipes to the lampes, which were vpon the toppe thereof. 3 And two oliue trees ouer it, one vpon the right side of the bowle, and the other vpon the left side thereof. 4 So I answered, and spake to the Angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my Lord? 5 Then the Angel that talked with mee, answered and said vnto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Lord. 6 Then he answered and spake vnto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord vnto Zerubbabel, saying, Neither by an armie nor strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hostes. 7 Who art thou, O great mountaine, before Zerubbabel? thou shalt be a plaine, and he shall bring foorth the head stone thereof, with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace vnto it. 8 Moreouer, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying, 9 The handes of Zerubbabel haue layde the foundation of this house: his handes shall also finish it, and thou shalt knowe that the Lorde of hostes hath sent me vnto you. 10 For who hath despised the day of the small thinges? but they shall reioyce, and shall see the stone of tinne in the hand of Zerubbabel: these seuen are the eyes of the Lord, which go thorow the whole world.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Knowest: Zechariah 4:13, Mark 4:13

No: Genesis 41:16, Psalms 139:6, Daniel 2:30, 1 Corinthians 2:12-15

Reciprocal: Zechariah 1:9 - the angel Zechariah 2:3 - the angel Zechariah 5:5 - the angel

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.
Genesis 4:11
Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.
Genesis 31:2
Also Iaakob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not towards him as in times past:
Genesis 31:5
Then sayde hee vnto them, I see your fathers countenance, that it is not towardes me as it was wont, and the God of my father hath bene with me.
Numbers 16:15
Then Moses waxed verie angry, and saide vnto the Lord, Looke not vnto their offring: I haue not taken so much as an asse from them, neither haue I hurt any of them.
Job 5:2
Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
Psalms 20:3
Let him remember all thine offerings, and turne thy burnt offerings into asshes. Selah:
Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawfull for me to do as I will with mine owne? Is thine eye euil, because I am good?
Acts 13:45
But when the Iewes saw the people, they were full of enuie, and spake against those things, which were spoken of Paul, contrarying them, and railing on them.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered vnto God a greater sacrifice then Cain, by the which he obtained witnes that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by the which faith also he being dead, yet speaketh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me,.... Either to upbraid him with his ignorance and stupidity; or rather to quicken his attention, and that of others, to the interpretation of it he was about to give him:

Knowest thou not what these be? art thou ignorant of the design of them? or knowest thou not what is meant by them?

and I said, No, my lord; he made an ingenuous confession of his ignorance, joined with great respect unto, and veneration of, the angel that conversed with him.


 
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