Zechariah 4:4

New American Standard Bible (1995)

Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, "What are these, my lord?"

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?

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?"

Complete Jewish Bible
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?

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 who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep. ² He said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; ³ also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side." ⁴ Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, "What are these, my lord?"⁵ 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." ⁶ Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts. ⁷ 'What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of "Grace, grace to it!"'" ⁸ Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ⁹ "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. ¹⁰ "For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout 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
Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Genesis 4:17
Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.

Genesis 4:19
Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

Genesis 15:17
It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.

Exodus 13:12
you shall devote to the LORD the first offspring of every womb, and the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the LORD.

Leviticus 9:24
Then fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

Numbers 16:35
Fire also came forth from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.

Numbers 18:12
"All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to the LORD, I give them to you.

Numbers 18:17
"But the firstborn of an ox or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma 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.”