KJV King James Version
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
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Revelation 11:4
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
WEB World English Bible
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
these are the two olive trees, and the two lamp-stands that before the God of the earth do stand;
Surrounding context — Revelation 11
1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.
3 And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
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οὗτοίG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itεἰσινG1510 · eimito beαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoδύοG1417 · duotwoἐλαῖαιG1636 · elaiaolive treeκαὶG2532 · kaiandαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoδύοG1417 · duotwoλυχνίαιG3087 · luchnialampstandαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐνώπιονG1799 · enōpionbeforeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoκυρίουG2962 · kurioslord: GodτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoγῆςG1093 · gēearth: planetἑστῶτες.G2476 · histēmito stand
Cross-references
Zechariah 4:11-14Then answered I, and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?Zechariah 4:2-3And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all [of] gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which [are] upon the top thereof:Jeremiah 11:16The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, [and] of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.Psalm 52:8But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.Isaiah 54:5For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.Romans 11:17And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;Matthew 5:14-16Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.Luke 11:33No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.Exodus 8:22And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms [of flies] shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I [am] the LORD in the midst of the earth.Deuteronomy 10:8At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.Micah 4:13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
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