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Zechariah 4:12 KJV
Zechariah · chapter 4 · verse 12
And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?Zechariah 4:12 · King James Version
Zechariah 4:12 in context
10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
11Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
12And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
13And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
14Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- branchesshibbôla streamH7641 →
- throughyâda handH3027 →
- goldenzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
- olivezayithan olive , the tree, the branch or the berryH2132 →
- pipestsantârâha tubeH6804 →
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Enough is said to Zechariah to encourage him, and to enable him to encourage others, with reference to the good work of building the temple which they were now about, and that was the principal intention of the vision he saw;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-14