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Zechariah 4:12

10 For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

11 Then 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?”

13 “Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.

14 So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”
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?
WEB
I asked him the second time, “What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts that pour the golden oil out of themselves?”
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?
DARBY
And I answered the second time and said unto him, What are the two olive-branches which are beside the two golden tubes that empty the gold out of themselves?
BLB
And I answered a second time and said to him: “What [are] the two branches of the olive trees that, into the hands of the two pipes of gold, are emptying out from them the gold?”
ÅB
Og jeg tok annen gang til orde og sa til ham: Hva er de to oljegreiner tett ved de to gullrenner som gullet[^3] strømmer ut av?
OTB
Og jeg spurte igjen: «Hva er disse to olivengrenene ved siden av de to gullrørene som heller ut den gyldne oljen?»
B1930
Og jeg tok annen gang til orde og sa til ham: Hvad er de to oljegrener tett ved de to gullrenner som gullet strømmer ut av? / < d.e. den glinsende olje.>

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  • 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.”

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  • Revelation 11:4

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

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  • Haggai 1:1

    In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating

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