| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. | 1Then the angel who had been speaking with me returned and woke me up as if I had been asleep. |
| 2And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. | 2Then he asked me, "What do you see?" So I said, "I have been watching—and look!—there is a menorah made completely of gold with a bowl on top of it. And there are seven lights on it, along with seven feeder channels to the lamps, which are also on top of it. |
| 3Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.” | 3Two olive trees are near it, one on the right side of the bowl and one on the left." |
| 4So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?” | 4Then I asked the angel who had been speaking with me, "Sir, what are these?" |
| 5Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” | 5The angel who had been speaking with me answered by asking, "You don't know what these mean, do you?" So I responded, "No, sir." |
| 6So he answered and 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 of hosts. | 6Then he replied to me, "This is this message from the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by valor nor by strength, but only by my Spirit,' says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. |
| 7‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ” | 7Who are you, great mountain? You will become a plain in Zerubbabel's presence, and he will position the capstone, exulting over it, "How beautiful! How beautiful!"'" |
| 8Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying: | 8Then this message from the LORD came to me again: |
| 9“The hands of Zerubbabel Have laid the foundation of this temple; His hands shall also finish it. Then you will know That the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. | 9"Zerubbabel's hands have laid the foundation of this Temple, and his hands will finish it, so that you will know that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sent me to all of you. |
| 10For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the LORD, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.” | 10For who has despised the time of insignificant things? They will rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven lights represent the eyes of the LORD, which are looking throughout all of the earth." |
| 11Then I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?” | 11Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees, one on the right of the menorah and one on the left?" |
| 12And I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?” | 12I also asked him a second question: "What are these two olive branches on either side of the two golden feeder channels that carry the golden oil to the seven lights?" |
| 13Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” | 13The angel replied, "You don't know what these are, do you?" I responded to him, "No, sir." |
| 14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.” | 14He said, "These are the two anointed ones, who stand continuously beside the Lord of the whole earth." |
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