Zechariah 4:12 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 4:12

And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

BSB

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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

What are the two spikes of the olive? - Comparing the extreme branches of the olive-tree, laden with their fruit, to the ears of corn, which “were by or in the hand of the golden pipes, which empty forth the golden oil from themselves.” Zechariah’s expression, in the hand of or, if so be, by the hand of the two pipes, shows that these two were symbols of living agents, for it is nowhere, used except of a living agent, or of that which it personified as such.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Through the pipes - These were fastened to the bowl, on each side one, with a hole through the sides of the bowl, to let the oil that distilled from those olive-branches run into the bowl. Out of themselves - An emblem of supernatural grace; these branches filled from the true olive-tree, ever empty themselves, and are ever full; so are the gospel-ordinances.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When we enquire concerning the grace of God, it must be rather as it is communicated to us by the fruitful boughs of the word and ordinances (for that is one of the things revealed, which belong to us and to our children ) than as it is resident in the good olive where all our springs are, for that is one of the secret things, which belong not to us.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאַ֣עַן	va.'A.'an	and I answered	H6030 →
שֵׁנִ֔ית	she.Nit	a second [time]	H8145 →
וָאֹמַ֖ר	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
אֵלָ֑יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
שְׁתֵּ֞י	she.Tei	[are] [the] two	H8147 →
שִׁבֲּלֵ֣י	shi.ba.Lei	[the] clusters of	H7641 →
הַזֵּיתִ֗ים	ha.zei.Tim	the olive trees	H2132 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּיַ֗ד	be.Yad	[are] at [the] hand of	H3027 →
שְׁנֵי֙	she.Nei	[the] two	H8147 →
צַנְתְּר֣וֹת	tzan.te.Rot	[the] pipes of	H6804 →
הַזָּהָ֔ב	ha.za.Hav	<the> gold	H2091 →
הַֽמְרִיקִ֥ים	ham.ri.Kim	which are pouring out	H7324 →
מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	me.'a.lei.Hem	from <the> on them	H5921 →
הַזָּהָֽב׃	ha.za.Hav	the gold	H2091 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 11:4
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
leads to
- Zechariah 4:11–14
  Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
- Zechariah 4:2–3
  “What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.
- Jeremiah 11:16
  The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
Through
Matthew 20:23
“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”
leads to
- Mark 10:40
  But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”
- Revelation 1:9
  I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
- Matthew 25:34
  Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Acts 12:2
  He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
- 2 Timothy 2:11–12
  This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zechariah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zechariah