Zechariah 4:9 (YLT)

Passage

Hands of Zerubbabel did found this house, And his hands do finish it, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts Hath sent me unto you.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 4:7 Who <FI>art<Fi> thou, O great mountain Before Zerubbabel--for a plain! And he hath brought forth the top-stone, Cries of Grace, grace--<FI> are<Fi> to it.'

Zechariah 4:8 And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying,

Zechariah 4:9 Hands of Zerubbabel did found this house, And his hands do finish it, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts Hath sent me unto you.

Zechariah 4:10 For who trampled on the day of small things, They have rejoiced, And seen the tin weight in the hand of Zerubbabel, These seven <FI>are<Fi> the eyes of Jehovah, They are going to and fro in all the land.'

Zechariah 4:11 And I answer and say unto him, `What <FI>are<Fi> these two olive-trees, on the right of the candlestick, and on its left?'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hands", "zerubbabel", "found", "house", "finish", "thou", and "hast". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hands" and "zerubbabel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And there is a word of Jehovah..." into verse 10's "For who trampled on the day of...", so "hands" and "zerubbabel" belong inside that flow. In Zechariah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hands" and "zerubbabel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.