Revelation 11:4
New International Version
They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”

New Living Translation
These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth.

English Standard Version
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Berean Standard Bible
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Berean Literal Bible
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the Lord of the earth.

King James Bible
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

New King James Version
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.

New American Standard Bible
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

NASB 1995
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

NASB 1977
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Legacy Standard Bible
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Amplified Bible
These [witnesses] are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth.

Christian Standard Bible
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

American Standard Version
These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“These are the two olive trees and the two menorahs, which stand before the Lord of the whole Earth.”

Contemporary English Version
These two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand in the presence of the Lord who rules the earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks, that stand before the Lord of the earth.

English Revised Version
These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands standing in the presence of the Lord of the earth.

Good News Translation
The two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lamps that stand before the Lord of the earth.

International Standard Version
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands standing in the presence of the Lord of the earth.

Literal Standard Version
these are the two olive [trees], and the two lampstands that stand before the God of the earth;

Majority Standard Bible
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

New American Bible
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

NET Bible
(These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.)

New Revised Standard Version
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

New Heart English Bible
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
These are the two olive-trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Weymouth New Testament
"These witnesses are the two olive-trees, and they are the two lamps which stand in the presence of the Lord of the earth.

World English Bible
These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands, standing before the Lord of the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
these are the two olive trees, and the two lamp-stands that before the God of the earth do stand;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Two Witnesses
3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.…

Cross References
Psalm 52:8
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

Jeremiah 11:16
The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

Zechariah 4:3
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left."

Zechariah 4:11
Then I asked the angel, "What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?"

Luke 21:36
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man."


Treasury of Scripture

These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

two olive.

Psalm 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

Jeremiah 11:16
The 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.

Zechariah 4:2,3,11-14
And 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: …

two candlesticks.

Revelation 1:20
The 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.

Matthew 5:14-16
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid…

Luke 11:33
No 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.

standing.

Deuteronomy 10:8
At 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 17:1
And 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.

the God.

Exodus 8:22
And 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.

Isaiah 54:5
For 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.

Micah 4:13
Arise 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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Revelation 11
1. The two witnesses prophesy.
6. They have power to shut heaven so that it rain not.
7. The beast shall fight against them, and kill them.
8. They lie unburied;
11. and after three and a half days rise again.
14. The second woe is past.
15. The seventh trumpet sounds.














(4) These are . . .--Translate, These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks which stand before the Lord of the earth. This is the verse which refers us to the vision of Zechariah for the basis of our present vision. There, as here, we have the two olive trees, which are explained to be "the two anointed ones which stand before the Lord of the whole earth." The explanation is supposed to refer to Zerubbabel and Joshua. or, as others think, to Zechariah and Haggai. At that time these men were the witnesses for God in their land and among their people. But the answer of the angel is general: "the olive trees are the two anointed ones which stand," &c. For the vision is general and age-long; it reminds us of the returned Jewish exiles, and of those who were then among them, as anointed witnesses, but it shows us that such witnesses are to be found in more than one era; for it is not Zerubbabel and Joshua who can exhaust the fulness of a vision which is the representation of the eternal truth that the oil of gladness and strength from God will rest on those who rely, not on might or power, but on God's Spirit. The fact that the witnesses are two is brought more prominently forward here than in Zechariah. There, though the olive trees are two, the candlestick is but one, with seven lamps; here there are two candlesticks spoken of as well as two olive trees. This amplification of the original vision is, perhaps, designed to remind us of the greater latitude of diversity in the new dispensation. Just as in the early chapters of this book we had seven golden candlesticks, which, though one in Christ, yet are spoken of as separate, so here the double aspect, the diverse though united efforts of the two witnesses. are brought into prominence. It may serve to remind us. that the witnesses are to be expected to keep their individuality and to use freely their diverse powers. It is not from one class or with one mode of action that the witnesses come: they may be of the statesman class, like Moses and Zerubbabel; of the prophetic or priestly like Zechariah and Haggai, like Aaron and the later Joshua (Zechariah 3:1); for men may witness for God, according as the evils of their time and age require it in the State as well as in the Church. The work of Wilberforce, Clarkson, and Howard is a work and a witness for God as well as the work of Chrysostom, Athanasius, and Luther; for the witnesses are raised up to speak against the neglect of humanity as well as against errors in divinity; against a heartless as well as against a creedless Christianity, for both lead back to heathenism. These witnesses are burning and shining lights; in them is centred the light of their age; in them is found the token that the grace of God never fails, but as the Church's day so shall her strength be. Here, too, we have the pledge that from Him who is both Priest and King the civil rulers as well as the ecclesiastical rulers may draw grace according to their gifts; and from Him, too, all who are made kings as well as priests to God may derive the power to give the double witness of a life anointed by the Spirit of consecration and ruled by the sceptre of righteousness.

Verse 4. - These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks. The "two olive trees" and the "two candlesticks" are here identical. Thus, while St. John uses the figure of Zechariah, he does not apply it in every detail. In the prophet, but one candlestick is mentioned. "The two olive trees," which supply the material for the candlesticks, are fit emblems of the Old and New Testaments; the candlesticks typify the Jewish and Christian Churches. These are identical so far as being God's witnesses; the Church derives her stores from the Word of God, the light of the Word of God is manifested through the Church. Standing before the God of the earth; the Lord of the earth (Revised Version). The participle is masculine, though the preceding article and nouns are feminine, probably as being more in keeping with the masculine character under which the two witnesses are depicted. Perhaps he is described as the "Lord of the earth," since the witnesses are to prophesy before all the earth (cf. ver. 9 and Matthew 24:14).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
These [witnesses]
Οὗτοί (Houtoi)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

are
εἰσιν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

the
αἱ (hai)
Article - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

two
δύο (dyo)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.

olive trees
ἐλαῖαι (elaiai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1636: An olive tree; the Mount of Olives. Feminine of a presumed derivative from an obsolete primary; an olive.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
αἱ (hai)
Article - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

two
δύο (dyo)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.

lampstands
λυχνίαι (lychniai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3087: A lamp-stand. From luchnos; a lamp-stand.

that stand
ἑστῶτες (hestōtes)
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications.

before
ἐνώπιον (enōpion)
Preposition
Strong's 1799: Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lord
Κυρίου (Kyriou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

earth.
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.


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