# Zechariah 4.14

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**Book:** [Zechariah](/codex/zechariah/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 12. And I answered the second time, and said unto him, What are these two olive-branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13. And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
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> **14. Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.** (Zechariah 4:12-14, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 12. 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?” 13. He answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
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> **14. Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”** (Zechariah 4:12-14, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 12. 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? <sup>through: Heb. by the hand</sup> <sup>empty: or, empty out of themselves oil into the gold</sup> <sup>the golden oil: Heb. the gold</sup> 13. And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
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> **14. Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. <sup>anointed: Heb. sons of oil</sup>** (Zechariah 4:12-14, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 12. And I answer a second time, and say unto him, 'What [are] the two branches of the olive trees that, by means of the two golden pipes, are emptying out of themselves the oil?' 13. And he speaketh unto me, saying, 'Hast thou not known what these [are]?' And I say, 'No, my lord.'
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> **14. And he saith, 'These [are] the two sons of the oil, who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth.'** (Zechariah 4:12-14, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.