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The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

Zechariah 4:3

In 11 translations

BSB
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”
KJV
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
WEB
and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it.”
ASV
and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
LSV
and two olive-trees [are] by it, one on the right of the bowl and one on its left.”
YLT
and two olive-trees [are] by it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.'
DBY
and two olive-trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and the other on the left of it.
DRC
And two olive trees over it: one upon the right side of the lamp, and the other upon the left side thereof.
GNV
And two oliue trees ouer it, one vpon the right side of the bowle, and the other vpon the left side thereof.
JPS
and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.'
LXXE
and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וּשְׁנַ֥יִם זֵיתִ֖ים עָלֶ֑יהָ אֶחָד֙ מִימִ֣ין הַגֻּלָּ֔ה וְאֶחָ֖ד עַל־שְׂמֹאלָֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
καὶ δύο ἐλαῖαι ἐπάνω αὐτῆς, μία ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ λαμπαδίου αὐτῆς, καὶ μία ἐξ εὐωνύμων.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 11:4These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
  • Romans 11:17Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
  • Zechariah 4:14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
  • Zechariah 4:11–12Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?” And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”
  • Judges 9:9But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
  • Romans 11:24For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

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