Zechariah 4:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsZechariah 4:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וָאַ֣עַן
ʻânâh
H6030
to answer
שֵׁנִ֔ית
shênîy
H8145
second
וָאֹמַ֖ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלָ֑יו
ʼêl
H413
to
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
שְׁתֵּ֞י
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
שִׁבֲּלֵ֣י
shibbôl
H7641
ear of grain
הַזֵּיתִ֗ים
zayith
H2132
olive
אֲשֶׁר֙
ʼăsher
H834
which
בְּיַ֗ד
yâd
H3027
hand
שְׁנֵי֙
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
צַנְתְּר֣וֹת
tsantârâh
H6804
pipe
הַזָּהָ֔ב
zâhâb
H2091
gold
הַֽמְרִיקִ֥ים
rûwq
H7324
to empty
מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
ʻal
H5921
upon
הַזָּהָֽב
zâhâb
H2091
gold
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World English Bible Public Domain
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?"
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And I answered a second time and said to him, “What the two branches of the olives that beside the two pipes of gold that are emptying the gold from upon them?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).