Zechariah 4:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.””

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BSBPD

“There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and two olive-trees <FI>are<Fi> by it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zechariah 4:3 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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?’
  2. Zechariah 4:11Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
  3. Zechariah 4:14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
  4. 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,
  5. 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!
  6. Revelation 11:4These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

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