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Zechariah 4:12

10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

11 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?

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?

13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole 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

    And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

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  • Revelation 11:4

    These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

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  • Haggai 1:1

    In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

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