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New American Standard Bible

Zechariah 4:3

also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Holy Spirit;   Olive;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Thompson Chain Reference - Olive-Trees;   Trees;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Olive-Tree, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Oil;   Olive;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Messiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bowl;   Olive-Tree;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Messiah;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Zerubbabel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Numbers as Symbols;   Olive, Olive Tree;   Zechariah, Prophecy of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Old - golden;   Olive (tree);  

Encyclopedias:

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

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
Hebrew Names Version
and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it."
King James Version (1611)
And two Oliue trees by it, one vpon the right side of the bowle, and the other vpon the left side thereof.
King James Version
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
English Standard Version
And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
New Century Version
There are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on the left."
Amplified Bible
"And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side [supplying it continuously with oil]."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And two oliue trees ouer it, one vpon the right side of the bowle, and the other vpon the left side thereof.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side."
Legacy Standard Bible
also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side."
Berean Standard Bible
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
Contemporary English Version
One olive tree is on the right side and another on the left of the oil container.
Complete Jewish Bible
Next to it are two olive trees, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left."
Darby Translation
and two olive-trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and the other on the left of it.
Easy-to-Read Version
There are two olive trees by the bowl, one on the right side and one on the left side. These trees produce the oil for the lamps. "
George Lamsa Translation
And two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.
Good News Translation
There are two olive trees beside the lampstand, one on each side of it."
Lexham English Bible
And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
Literal Translation
and two olive trees are beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.
American Standard Version
and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
Bible in Basic English
And two olive-trees by it, one on the right side of the cup and one on the left.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And two olyue trees thereby: one vpon the right side of the boule, & the other vpon the left side.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left.
English Revised Version
and two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
World English Bible
and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And twei olyues there onne, oon of the riythalf `of the laumpe, and `an other on the left half therof.
Update Bible Version
and two olive-trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
And two olive-trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side].
New English Translation
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the receptacle and the other on the left."
New King James Version
Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left."
New Living Translation
And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl."
New Life Bible
There are two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the cup and the other on its left side."
New Revised Standard
And by it there are two olive trees, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, Two Olive-trees, by it, - one upon the right hand of the bowl, and one upon the left hand thereof.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And two olive trees over it: one upon the right side of the lamp, and the other upon the left side thereof.
Revised Standard Version
And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
Young's Literal Translation
and two olive-trees [are] by it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ij. olyue trees therby, one vpon the right syde of the boll, & the other vpon the left syde.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the angel who had been speaking with me returned and woke me, like a person who is awakened from his sleep. 2 And 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 armies. 7 'What are you, you great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring out 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 armies has sent me to you. 10 "For who has shown contempt for the day of small things? But these seven will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—they are the eyes of the LORD roaming throughout the earth."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zechariah 4:11, Zechariah 4:12, Zechariah 4:14, Judges 9:9, Romans 11:17, Romans 11:24, Revelation 11:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:33 - and three Leviticus 24:4 - the pure 1 Chronicles 28:15 - the candlesticks 2 Chronicles 4:7 - ten candlesticks Matthew 25:4 - oil

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have obtained a male child with the help of the LORD."
Genesis 4:11
"Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
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 what they give to the LORD, I have given them to you.
1 Kings 17:7
But it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Nehemiah 13:6
But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had come to the king. After some time, however, I requested a leave of absence from the king,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the two olive trees by it,.... Which are explained in,

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one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof; in Zechariah 4:11 they are said to be on the right and left sides of the bowl or candlestick, which is the same; for the situation of them was alike, with respect to the one and the other: according to Fortunatus Scacchus, these two olive trees did not arise out of the earth, and the top of the candlestick; but out of the base of the candlestick, one on the right hand of the bowl, which hung in the middle of the candlestick; and the other on the left o, of which he has given the figure.

o Ibid. (Sacer. Elaeochrism, Myrothec. l. 1.) c. 12. p. 62.


 
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