Zechariah 4:1

The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees

1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.

Zechariah 4:1 in Other Translations

1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,

1 And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep.

1 Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.

1 The Messenger-Angel again called me to attention. It was like being wakened out of deep sleep.

1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

1 The angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me up as one might wake up someone who is sleeping.

1 The angel who was speaking with me then returned and roused me as one awakened out of sleep.

1 Then the angel who was talking with me returned. He woke me up. It was as if I had been asleep.

Zechariah 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 4:1

And the angel that talked with me
See ( Zechariah 1:9 Zechariah 1:13 ) : came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his
sleep;
into which he fell, after he had had the former vision; see ( Daniel 8:18 ) .

Zechariah 4:1 In-Context

1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.

2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps.

3 Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

4 I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

5 He answered, “Do you not know what these are?” “No, my lord,” I replied.

Cross References

• 1. S Daniel 8:18
• 2. Jeremiah 31:26