Zechariah Chapter 1 verse 9 Holy Bible
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these are.
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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.
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And I said, My lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these are.
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Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
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Then I asked, 'My lord, what are these?'" The angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what these are."
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And I say, `What `are' these, my lord?' And the messenger who is speaking with me saith unto me, `I -- I do shew thee what these `are'.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - O my lord. The prophet speaks to the angel of the Lord, who answers briefly, and is succeeded by the interpreting angel. What are these? Not "who," but "what;" i.e. what do they signify? (comp. Amos 7:8). That talked with me; literally, as the LXX. and Vulgate, that spake in me. So vers. 13, 14, and in the following visions. Hence some regard the expression as intimating a communication berne inwardly to the soul without the aid of external organs, or that the angel overpowered and influenced the prophet as the evil spirit possessed the demoniac. But the same term is used, as Dr. Wright points out, in the sense of to commune with a person (Numbers 12:6, 8; 1 Samuel 25:39), and to speak to a person (Hosea 1:2; and perhaps Habakkuk 2:1). It may, however, be that the angel of the Lord presented matters objectively, and the prophet's own angel interpreted subjectively. But the Authorized Version is probably correct. I will show thee. This he does through the chief angel (ver. 10).
