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Revelation 11:4

2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

3 And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

6 These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
KJV
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
WEB
These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands, standing before the Lord of the earth.
ASV
These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth.
DARBY
These are the two olive trees and the two lamps which stand before the Lord of the earth;
BLB
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the Lord of the earth.
ÅB
Dette er de to oljetrær og de to lysestaker som står for jordens herre.
OTB
Disse er de to oliventrærne og de to lysestakene som står foran jordens Herre.
B1930
Dette er de to oljetrær og de to lysestaker som står for jordens herre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Zechariah 4:11–14

    Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 52:8

    But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

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  • Isaiah 54:5

    For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

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  • Revelation 1:20

    This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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  • Romans 11:17

    Now 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,

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  • Matthew 5:14–16

    You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

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