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New Living Translation

Zechariah 4:1

Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.

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

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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.
Contemporary English Version
The angel who explained the visions woke me from what seemed like 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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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,
George Lamsa Translation
AND the angel who talked with me came back and waked me, as a man is wakened out of his 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.
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.
Good News Translation
The angel who had been speaking to me came again and roused me as if I had been sleeping.
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
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
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.
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.
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 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.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep. 2 "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 having seven spouts with wicks. 3 And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl." 4 Then I asked the angel, "What are these, my lord? What do they mean?" 5 "Don't you know?" the angel asked. "No, my lord," I replied. 6 Then he said to me, "This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. 7 Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel's way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!'" 8 Then another message came to me from the Lord : 9 "Zerubbabel is the one who laid the foundation of this Temple, and he will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Heaven's Armies has sent me. 10 Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand." (The seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord that search all around the world.)

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
And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."
Genesis 4:25
Adam had sexual relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth, for she said, "God has granted me another son in place of Abel, whom Cain killed."
Genesis 5:29
Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, "May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed."
Numbers 31:17
So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man.
1 John 3:12
We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.

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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