American Standard Version
"And I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? "
— Zechariah 4:4, American Standard Version
“So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?”
“I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"”
“Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me,“What are these, sir?””
“And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me, saying: What are these things, my lord?”
“And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?”
“So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?”
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and, behold, a candlestick all of gold, with its bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;
and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
And I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of Grace, grace, unto it.