Haggai 1:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Thus says the LORD of hosts: This people say, 'The time has not come, the time for the LORD'S house to be built.'

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: These people say, 'The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thus speaketh{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} saying,{H559} This people{H5971} say,{H559} It is not the time{H6256} [for us] to come,{H935} the time{H6256} for Jehovah's{H3068} house{H1004} to be built.{H1129}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thus speaketh{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, This people{H5971} say{H559}{(H8804)}, The time{H6256} is not come{H935}{(H8800)}, the time{H6256} that the LORD'S{H3068} house{H1004} should be built{H1129}{(H8736)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thus speaketh the LORDE of hoostes, and saieth: This people doth saye: The tyme is not yet come to buylde vp the LORDES house.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, that the Lords House should be builded.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thus speaketh the Lorde of hoastes, saying: This people sayth, The time is not yet come for the Lordes house to be buylded.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "This is what Yahweh of Hosts says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house to be built.'"

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! -- they have said, `The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah `is' to be built.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time `for us' to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time [for us] to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house to be built.'"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Indifference of the People This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:“These people have said,‘The time for rebuilding the LORD’s temple has not yet come.’”

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 4:10 : 10 And Judah said, The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
  • Num 13:31 : 31 But the men who went up with him said, We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.
  • Song 5:2-3 : 2 I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have taken off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
  • Eccl 11:4 : 4 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
  • Ezra 4:23-5:2 : 23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. 24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. 1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even to them. 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, arose and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.'
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. 14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy one turn upon his bed. 15 The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it back to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give an answer.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The fear of man brings a snare; but whoever puts his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

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