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Bible in Basic English
And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?
New American Standard Bible
Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, “What are these,
King James Version
So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Holman Bible
Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
International Standard Version
Then I asked the angel who had been speaking with me, "Sir, what are these?"
A Conservative Version
And I answered and spoke to the [heavenly] agent who talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
American Standard Version
And I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Amplified
So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
Darby Translation
And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Julia Smith Translation
And I shall answer and say to the messenger speaking with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
King James 2000
So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I answered and said to the angel [who was] talking to me, "What [are] these, my lord?"
Modern King James verseion
And I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So I answered, and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, 'O my lord what are these?'
NET Bible
Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, "What are these, sir?"
New Heart English Bible
I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
The Emphasized Bible
Then responded I, and said unto the messenger who was speaking with me, saying, - What are these, my lord?
Webster
So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
World English Bible
I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
Youngs Literal Translation
And I answer and speak unto the messenger who is speaking with me, saying, 'What are these, my lord?'
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Context Readings
Zechariah's Fifth Vision
3 And two olive-trees by it, one on the right side of the cup and one on the left. 4 And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord? 5 Then the angel who was talking to me, answering me, said, Have you no knowledge of what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
Cross References
Zechariah 1:9
Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who was talking to me said to me, I will make clear to you what they are.
Zechariah 6:4
And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?
Daniel 7:16-19
I came near to one of those who were waiting there, questioning him about what all this was. And he said to me that he would make clear to me the sense of these things.
Daniel 12:8
And the words came to my ears, but the sense of them was not clear to me: then I said, O my lord, what is the sense of these things?
Zechariah 1:19
And I said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have sent Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem in flight.
Zechariah 4:12-14
And answering a second time, I said to him, What are these two olive branches, through whose gold pipes the oil is drained out?
Zechariah 5:6
And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.
Matthew 13:36
Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.
Revelation 7:13-14
And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?