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Contemporary English Version

Zechariah 4:1

The angel who explained the visions woke me from what seemed like sleep.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Holy Spirit;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Olive;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Messiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Messiah;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dream (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, Prophecy of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hearth;   Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Candlestick;   Dreams;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The angel who was speaking with me then returned and roused me as one awakened out of sleep.
Hebrew Names Version
The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
King James Version (1611)
And the Angell that talked with me, came againe and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleepe:
King James Version
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
English Standard Version
And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep.
New American Standard Bible
Then the angel who had been speaking with me returned and woke me, like a person who is awakened from his sleep.
New Century Version
Then the angel who was talking with me returned and woke me up as if I had been asleep.
Amplified Bible
And the angel who was speaking with me came back and awakened me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Angel that talked with mee, came againe and waked mee, as a man that is raysed out of his sleepe,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is roused from his sleep.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the angel that had been speaking with me returned and roused me, as if he were waking someone up from being asleep,
Darby Translation
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the angel who was talking to me returned and woke me up. I was like a person waking up from sleep.
George Lamsa Translation
AND the angel who talked with me came back and waked me, as a man is wakened out of his sleep,
Good News Translation
The angel who had been speaking to me came again and roused me as if I had been sleeping.
Lexham English Bible
And the angel who was talking with me returned, and he wakened me as one who is wakened from his sleep.
Literal Translation
And the angel who was speaking with me returned and awakened me, as a man is awakened out of his sleep.
American Standard Version
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
Bible in Basic English
And the angel who was talking to me came again, awaking me as a man out of his sleep.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the angel that spoke with me returned, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the angell that talked with me, came againe, and waked me, as a man that is raysed out of his sleepe,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the angel that talked with me returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened out of his sleep.
English Revised Version
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
World English Bible
The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the aungel turnede ayen, that spak in me, and reiside me, as a man that is reisid of his sleep.
Update Bible Version
And the angel that talked with me came again, and woke me, as a man that is awakened out of his sleep.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
New English Translation
The angelic messenger who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep.
New King James Version
Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
New Living Translation
Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.
New Life Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me up like a man would be made to wake up from his sleep.
New Revised Standard
The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as one is wakened from sleep.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And once more the messenger who was speaking with me, roused me up, just as a man might be roused up out of his sleep.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the angel that spoke in me came again: and he waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
Revised Standard Version
And the angel who talked with me came again, and waked me, like a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger who is speaking with me doth turn back, and stir me up as one who is stirred up out of his sleep,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye angel that talked with me, came agayne, & waked me vp (as a man that is raysed out of his slepe)
THE MESSAGE
The Messenger-Angel again called me to attention. It was like being wakened out of deep sleep.

Contextual Overview

1 The angel who explained the visions woke me from what seemed like sleep. 2 Then he asked, "What do you see?" "A solid gold lampstand with an oil container above it," I answered. "On the stand are seven lamps, each with seven flames. 3 One olive tree is on the right side and another on the left of the oil container. 4 But, sir, what do these mean?" 5 Then he asked, "Don't you know?" "No sir," I replied. 6 So the angel explained that it was the following message of the Lord to Zerubbabel: I am the Lord All-Powerful. So don't depend on your own power or strength, but on my Spirit. 7 Zerubbabel, that mountain in front of you will be leveled to the ground. Then you will bring out the temple's most important stone and shout, "God has been very kind." 8 The Lord spoke to me again and said: 9 Zerubbabel laid the foundation for the temple, and he will complete it. Then everyone will know that you were sent by me, the Lord All-Powerful. 10 Those who have made fun of this day of small beginnings will celebrate when they see Zerubbabel holding this important stone. Those seven lamps represent my eyes—the eyes of the Lord —and they see everything on this earth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the angel: Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:13, Zechariah 1:19, Zechariah 2:3, Zechariah 3:6, Zechariah 3:7

waked: 1 Kings 19:5-7, Jeremiah 31:26, Daniel 8:18, Daniel 10:8-10, Luke 9:32, Luke 22:45, Luke 22:46

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:49 - the candlesticks Song of Solomon 5:2 - sleep Zechariah 1:14 - the angel

Cross-References

Genesis 3:15
You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel."
Genesis 4:25
Adam and his wife had another son. They named him Seth, because they said, "God has given us a son to take the place of Abel, who was killed by his brother Cain."
Genesis 5:29
Lamech said, "I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort, as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the Lord has put under a curse."
Numbers 31:17
You must put to death every boy and all the women who have ever had sex.
1 John 3:12
Don't be like Cain, who belonged to the devil and murdered his own brother. Why did he murder him? He did it because his brother was good, and he was evil.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the angel that talked with me,.... See Zechariah 1:9:

came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep; into which he fell, after he had had the former vision; see Daniel 8:18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The angel came again - The angel (as before Zechariah 2:3) had gone forth to receive some fresh instruction from a higher angel or from God.

And awakened me - As a man is awakened out of sleep. Zechariah, overwhelmed by the greatness of the visions, must have sunk down in a sort of stupor, as after the vision of the ram and he-goat, as Gabriel was speaking with him, Daniel says, “I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground, and he touched me and set me upright” Daniel 8:18; and again at the voice of the angel, who, after his three weeks’ fast Daniel 10:9, came to declare to him Daniel 10:21 the scripture of truth; and at the Transfiguration, “Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep, and when they were awake, they saw His glory.” Luke 9:32. Osorius: “Wondrous and stupendous mysteries were they which were shown to the divine man. He saw the Branch of the Lord; he saw His invincible might; he saw His brightness of Divine Intelligence and Providence; he saw the amplitude of beauty and dignity. Nailed then and struck still with amazement, while he revolved these things in his mind, sunk in a sort of sleep, he is borne out of himself and, mantled around with darkness, understands that the secret things of Divine Wisdom cannot be perfectly comprehended by the mind of any. This then he attained that, his senses being overpowered, he should see nothing, save that wherein is the sum of wisdom, that this immensity of the divine excellence cannot be searched out. By this sleep he was seized, when he was roused by the angel to see further mysteries.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER IV

The prophet, overpowered by his last vision, is roused by the

angel to behold another, 1;

intended also to assure the Jews of the success of Joshua and

Zerubbabel in building the temple, and surmounting every

obstacle in the way; till at length, by the good providence of

God, it should be finished, amidst the joyful acclamations of

the spectators, 2-10.

The angel's explanation of the golden candlestick, and of the

two olive trees, 11-14.

NOTES ON CHAP. IV

Verse Zechariah 4:1. The angel - came again, and waked me — Abp. Newcome considers this vision as represented on the same night, Zechariah 1:8, with the preceding ones. See the latter part of Zechariah 4:10, compared with Zechariah 3:9. After some interval the prophet, overpowered with the vision which had been presented to him, was awakened from his prophetic trance as from a sleep.


 
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