Zechariah · Brenton's English Septuagint
Zechariah 4 Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 And the angel that talked with me returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened out of his sleep.
1 Y VOLVIÓ el ángel que hablaba conmigo, y despertóme como un hombre que es despertado de su sueño.
2 And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it:
2 Y díjome: ¿Qué ves? Y respondí: He mirado, y he aquí un candelero todo de oro, con su vaso sobre su cabeza, y sus siete lámparas encima del candelero; y siete canales para las lámparas que están encima de él;
3 and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left.
3 Y sobre él dos olivas, la una á la derecha del vaso, y la otra á su izquierda.
4 And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, [my] lord?
4 Proseguí, y hablé á aquel ángel que hablaba conmigo, diciendo: ¿Qué es esto, señor mío?
5 And the angel that talked with me answered, and spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said, No, [my] lord.
5 Y el ángel que hablaba conmigo respondió, y díjome: ¿No sabes qué es esto? Y dije: No, señor mío.
6 And he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying, Not by mighty power, nor by strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord Almighty.
6 Entonces respondió y hablóme, diciendo: Esta es palabra de Jehová á Zorobabel, en que se dice: No con ejército, ni con fuerza, sino con mi espíritu, ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos.
7 Who art thou, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that thou shouldest prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the equal of [my ] grace.
7 ¿Quién eres tú, oh gran monte? Delante de Zorobabel [serás reducido] á llanura: él sacará la primera piedra con aclamaciones de Gracia, gracia á ella.
8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
8 Y fué palabra de Jehová á mí, diciendo:
9 The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee.
9 Las manos de Zorobabel echarán el fundamento á esta casa, y sus manos la acabarán; y conocerás que Jehová de los ejércitos me envió á vosotros.
10 For who has despised the small days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes that look upon all the earth.
10 Porque los que menospreciaron el día de las pequeñeces se alegrarán, y verán la plomada en la mano de Zorobabel. Aquellas siete [son] los ojos de Jehová que recorren por toda la tierra.
11 And I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the candlestick?
11 Hablé más, y díjele: ¿Qué [significan] estas dos olivas á la derecha del candelero, y á su izquierda?
12 And I asked the second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive-trees that are by the side of the two golden pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels?
12 Hablé aún de nuevo, y díjele: ¿Qué [significan] las dos ramas de olivas que por medio de dos tubos de oro vierten de sí [aceite como] oro?
13 And he said to me, Knowest thou not what these are? and I said, No, [my] lord.
13 Y respondióme, diciendo: ¿No sabes qué es esto? Y dije: Señor mío, no.
14 And he said, These are the two anointed ones [that] stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
14 Y él dijo: Estos dos hijos de aceite son los que están delante del Señor de toda la tierra.
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 31:26; Daniel 8:18; Zechariah 1:9; Zechariah 1:19; Luke 9:32
- 2 Revelation 4:5; Revelation 1:12; Matthew 5:14–16; Exodus 25:31–38; Jeremiah 52:19
- 3 Revelation 11:4; Romans 11:17; Zechariah 4:14; Zechariah 4:11–12; Romans 11:24
- 4 Zechariah 1:9; Matthew 13:36; Zechariah 6:4; Zechariah 1:19; Daniel 12:8
- 5 Zechariah 4:13; 1 Corinthians 2:12–15; Mark 4:13; Daniel 2:30; Psalm 139:6
- 6 2 Chronicles 32:7–8; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; 1 Corinthians 2:4–5; Psalm 33:16; Isaiah 11:2–4
- 7 Jeremiah 51:25; Zechariah 4:9; Micah 4:1; Psalm 118:22; 1 Peter 2:7
- 9 Zechariah 6:12–13; Ezra 6:14–15; Ezra 5:16; Zechariah 6:15; Hebrews 12:2
- 10 Job 8:7; 1 Corinthians 1:28–29; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Matthew 13:31–33; Haggai 2:3
- 11 Zechariah 4:3; Revelation 11:4
- 12 Matthew 20:23; Revelation 11:4; Haggai 1:1
- 13 Zechariah 4:5; Hebrews 5:11–12
- 14 Revelation 11:4; Isaiah 61:1–3; Zechariah 3:1–7; Exodus 40:15; Daniel 9:24–26
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Some again dared to say that He has seven eyes, because it is written, seven eyes of the Lord looking upon the whole earth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)