^4:12Before he could reply I asked again, “What are these two extensions¹² of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?”

Read in Logos

Footnotes

12 The usual meaning of the Hebrew term שְׁבֹּלֶת (shébolet) is “ears” (as in ears of grain). Here it probably refers to the produce of the olive trees, i.e., olives. Many English versions render the term as “branches,” but cf. “tufts.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is poured out?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And I questioned him further, “What are the two streams of the olive trees, from which the golden oil is pouring through the two golden conduits?”

NLTNew Living Translation

and what are the two olive branches that pour out golden oil through two gold tubes?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I replied a second time and asked him, “What are these two twigs of olive trees beside the two golden pipes that pour forth from themselves the golden oil?”

KJV 1900King James Version

And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

Public Domain