Revelation 11:4
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
KJV
οὗτοί εἰσιν αἱ δύο ἐλαῖαι καὶ αἱ δύο λυχνίαι αἱ ἐνώπιον τοῦ κυρίου τῆς γῆς ἑστῶτες.
Greek NT
Hi sunt duæ olivæ et duo candelabra in conspectu Domini terræ stantes.
Vulgate
These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth.
ASV
These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks that stand before the Lord of the earth.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λυχνία
luchnia
noun · 12×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἐλαία
elaia
noun · 16×
ἐνώπιον
enopion
preposition · 93×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Zech 4:14 · allusion"Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth."Zechariah: the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord — the two witnesses
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἑστῶτες | WH/Treg/NIV: ἑστῶτες | RP: ἑστῶσαι
- ἑστῶτες — SBLGNT
- ἑστῶτες — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἑστῶσαι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 27:20 — And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
- Isa 54:5 — For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Jer 11:16 — The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
- Luke 8:16 — No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
- Luke 11:33 — No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
- Mark 11:25 — And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
- Matt 5:14 — Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
- Matt 18:19 — Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
- Ps 52:8 — But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
- Rev 1:20 — The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest
- Rom 11:17 — And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
- Rom 11:17 — And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
- Zech 4:2 — And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, whi
- Zech 4:3 — And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
- Zech 4:11 — Then 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?
- Zech 4:11 — Then 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?
- Zech 4:12 — 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?
- Zech 4:14 — Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.