Zechariah 4:2
ContextNET © | He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, 1 “I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps. |
NIV © | He asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lights on it, with seven channels to the lights. |
NASB © | He said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; |
NLT © | "What do you see now?" he asked. I answered, "I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top of it. Around the bowl are seven lamps, each one having seven spouts with wicks. |
MSG © | He said, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top. Seven lamps, each with seven spouts, are set on the bowl. |
BBE © | And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see a light-support, made all of gold, with its cup on the top of it and seven lights on it; and there are seven pipes to every one of the lights which are on the top of it; |
NRSV © | He said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it; there are seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. |
NKJV © | And 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. |
KJV | and behold a candlestick <04501> all [of] gold <02091>_, with a bowl <01531> upon the top <07218> of it, and his seven <07651> lamps <05216> thereon, and seven <07651> pipes <04166> to the seven <07651> lamps <05216>_, which [are] upon the top <07218> thereof: {a bowl: Heb. her bowl} {seven pipes...: or, seven several pipes to the lamps} |
NASB © | He said <0559> to me, "What <04100> do you see <07200> ?" And I said <0559> , "I see <07200> , and behold <02009> , a lampstand <04501> all <03605> of gold <02091> with its bowl <01543> on the top <07218> of it, and its seven <07651> lamps <05216> on it with seven <07651> spouts <04166> belonging to each of the lamps <05216> which <0834> are on the top of it;<07218> |
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NET © | He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, 1 “I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps. |
NET © Notes |
1 tc The present translation (along with most other English versions) follows the reading of the Qere and many ancient versions, “I said,” as opposed to the MT Kethib “he said.” |