Zechariah 4:12

Before he could reply I asked again, “What are these two extensions ¹  of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?”

Again I asked him, "What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?"

And I answered the second time and said to him, "What are the two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?"

and what are the two olive branches that pour out golden oil through two gold tubes?"

And while you're at it, the two branches of the olive trees that feed oil to the lamps--what do they mean?"

And answering a second time, I said to him, What are these two olive branches, through whose gold pipes the oil is drained out?

And a second time I said to him, "What are these two branches of the olive trees, which pour out the oil through the two golden pipes?"

And 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?"

Before he could reply I asked again, “What are these two extensions ¹  of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?”

¹ tn The usual meaning of the Hebrew term שְׁבֹּלֶת (shÿbolet) is “ears” (as in ears of grain). Here it probably refers to the produce of the olive trees, i.e., olives. Many English versions render the term as “branches,” but cf. NAB “tufts.”