13 The usual word for “anointed (one),” מָשִׁיַח (mashiakh), is not used here but rather בְנֵי־הַיִּצְהָר (véne-hayyitshar), literally, “sons of fresh oil.” This is to maintain consistency with the imagery of olive trees. In the immediate context these two olive trees should be identified with Joshua and Zerubbabel, the priest and the governor. Only the high priest and king were anointed for office in the OT and these two were respectively the descendants of Aaron and David.

In other versions

Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

So he said, “These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth.”

“These are the two anointed ones,” he said, “who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

Then he said to me, “They represent the two anointed ones who stand in the court of the Lord of all the earth.”

And he said, “These are the two anointed ones standing by the Lord of the whole earth.”

Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

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