Zechariah 4:11

¶ Then answered I, and said vnto him; What are these two oliue trees vpon the right side of the candlesticke, and vpon the left side thereof?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Then I said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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?
- American Standard Version (1901)

And I made answer and said to him, What are these two olive-trees on the right side of the light-support and on the left?
- Basic English Bible

And I answered and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees on the right of the lamp-stand and on its left?
- Darby Bible

Then I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon its left side?
- Webster's Bible

Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left side of it?"
- World English Bible

And I answer and say unto him, `What [are] these two olive-trees, on the right of the candlestick, and on its left?'
- Youngs Literal Bible

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?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Zechariah 4:11

4:9 Thou - Zerubbabel and all the Jews.

4:10 For who hath despised - In the work of God, the day of small things is not to be despised. God often chuses weak instruments, to bring about mighty things: and tho' the beginnings be small, he can make the latter end greatly to increase. For - Tho' they undervalued the meanness of the second temple, yet when finished, they shall rejoice in it. The plummet - The perpendicular with which Zerubbabel shall try the finished work. With those seven - In subordination to the Divine Providence expressed by the seven eyes, which were on that stone. And those that have the plummet in their hand, must look up to these eyes of the Lord, must have a constant regard to the Divine Providence, and as in dependence upon its conduct, and submission to its disposals.

4:12 I answered - l went on to discourse. Unto him - The angel. What be these - Two principal branches, one in each tree, fuller of berries, and hanging over the golden pipes. 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.