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Young's Literal Translation

Zechariah 4:3

and two olive-trees [are] by it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.'

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 American Standard Bible
also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side."
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."
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 And the messenger who is speaking with me doth turn back, and stir me up as one who is stirred up out of his sleep, 2 and he saith unto me, `What art thou seeing?' And I say, `I have looked, and lo, a candlestick of gold -- all of it, and its bowl [is] on its top, and its seven lamps [are] upon it, and twice seven pipes [are] to the lights that [are] on its top, 3 and two olive-trees [are] by it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.' 4 And I answer and speak unto the messenger who is speaking with me, saying, `What [are] these, my lord?' 5 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.' 6 And he answereth and speaketh unto me, saying: `This [is] a word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by a force, nor by power, But -- by My Spirit, said Jehovah of Hosts. 7 Who [art] thou, O great mountain Before Zerubbabel -- for a plain! And he hath brought forth the top-stone, Cries of Grace, grace -- [are] to it.' 8 And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying, 9 Hands of Zerubbabel did found this house, And his hands do finish it, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts Hath sent me unto you. 10 For who trampled on the day of small things, They have rejoiced, And seen the tin weight in the hand of Zerubbabel, These seven [are] the eyes of Jehovah, They are going to and fro in all the land.'

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
And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'
Genesis 4:11
and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
Numbers 18:12
all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat -- their first-[fruits] which they give to Jehovah -- to thee I have given them.
1 Kings 17:7
And it cometh to pass, at the end of days, that the brook drieth up, for there hath been no rain in the land,
Nehemiah 13:6
And during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon did I come unto the king, and at the end of days I have asked of 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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