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?”

biblegateway Zec 4:12

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 I questioned him further, "What are the two olive branches beside the two gold conduits, from which golden oil pours out?"

Again I asked him, "What is the meaning of the two branches from the olive trees next to the two golden pipes that are pouring out gold?"

biblegateway Zec 4:12

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

And a second time I answered and said to him, "What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is poured out?"

bibleoremus Zec 4:12

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?"

I put a further question to him, “What are the two sprays of olive beside the golden pipes which discharge the golden oil?”

biblegateway Zec 4:12

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?"

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?

biblegateway Zec 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?”

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.”