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Zechariah 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?

KJV

Et respondi secundo, et dixi ad eum : Quid sunt duæ spicæ olivarum quæ sunt juxta duo rostra aurea in quibus sunt suffusoria ex auro ?

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπηρώτησα ἐκ δευτέρου καὶ εἶπα πρὸς αὐτόν Τί οἱ δύο κλάδοι τῶν ἐλαιῶν οἱ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν τῶν δύο μυξωτήρων τῶν χρυσῶν τῶν ἐπιχεόντων καὶ ἐπαναγόντων τὰς ἐπαρυστρίδας τὰς χρυσᾶς;

LXX

And I answered the second time, and said unto him, What are these two olive-branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil out of themselves?

ASV

וָ/אַ֣עַן שֵׁנִ֔ית וָ/אֹמַ֖ר אֵלָ֑י/ו מַה שְׁתֵּ֞י שִׁבֲּלֵ֣י הַ/זֵּיתִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּ/יַ֗ד שְׁנֵי֙ צַנְתְּר֣וֹת הַ/זָּהָ֔ב הַֽ/מְרִיקִ֥ים מֵ/עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם הַ/זָּהָֽב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָרִ֥יק
'ryq
verb · 19×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זַ֔יִת
zyt
noun · 37×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צַנְתְּר֣וֹת
tsntrvt
noun · 1×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים
shblym
noun · 19×
שֵּׁנִ֔י
shny
noun · 157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Matt 20:23 — And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be giv
  • Rev 11:4 — These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.