Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NIV

NIV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Zechariah 4 :: New International Version (NIV)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:1 - Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:3 - Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:4 - I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:5 - He answered, “Do you not know what these are?” “No, my lord,” I replied.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:6 - So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:7 - “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:8 - Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9 - “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - “Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the LORD that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone[fn] in the hand of Zerubbabel?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12 - Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:13 - He replied, “Do you not know what these are?” “No, my lord,” I said.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:14 - So he said, “These are the two who are anointed to[fn] serve the Lord of all the earth.”
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
Or the plumb line
Or two who bring oil and
NIV

HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV®
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.
Used with permission. All rights reserved worldwide.


See detailed copyright information.

For more information on this translation, see the NIV Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NIV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NIV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Zechariah Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras