Haggai 1:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Go up into the mountains, bring down timber, and build the house, so that I may be pleased with it and be glorified, says the LORD.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Go up{H5927} to the mountain,{H2022} and bring{H935} wood,{H6086} and build{H1129} the house;{H1004} and I will take pleasure{H7521} in it, and I will be glorified,{H3513} saith{H559} Jehovah.{H3068}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Go up{H5927}{(H8798)} to the mountain{H2022}, and bring{H935}{(H8689)} wood{H6086}, and build{H1129}{(H8798)} the house{H1004}; and I will take pleasure{H7521}{(H8799)} in it, and I will be glorified{H3513}{(H8735)}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    get you vp to the mountayne, fetch wod, & buylde vp the house: that it maye be acceptable vnto me, and that I maye shewe myne honoure, saieth the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Goe vp to the mountaine, & bring wood, and build this House, and I wil be fauourable in it, and I will be glorified, sayth the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Get you vp to the mountayne, and fetche wood, and buyld this house, & I wil take pleasure in it, and I wilbe glorified, sayth the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Go up the mountain, and ye have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honoured, said Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,’ says the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling. 14 This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
  • Hag 2:7 : 7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Hag 2:9 : 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Zech 11:1-2 : 1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars. 2 Howl, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen; because the mighty are destroyed. Howl, O oaks of Bashan, for the forest of the vintage has come down.
  • Matt 3:8-9 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance: 9 And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 Therefore, when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will glorify him immediately.
  • Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve you; they shall come up with acceptance on My altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory.
  • Isa 60:13 : 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious.
  • Isa 66:11 : 11 That you may nurse and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
  • Jonah 3:1-2 : 1 And the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.
  • Hag 1:2-4 : 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts: This people say, 'The time has not come, the time for the LORD'S house to be built.' 3 Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, yourselves, to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins?
  • Exod 29:43 : 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put My name there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
  • 2 Chr 2:8-9 : 8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skillful to cut timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with your servants, 9 To prepare me timber in abundance, for the house which I am about to build shall be exceedingly great. 10 And behold, I will give to your servants, the woodcutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
  • 2 Chr 7:16 : 16 For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
  • Ezra 3:7 : 7 They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, to those of Zidon, and to those of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
  • Ezra 6:4 : 4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given from the king's treasury:
  • Ps 87:2-3 : 2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah.

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