Haggai 1:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’””
Read Haggai 1:2 in the flow of Haggai1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Haggai1 to see the surrounding context.
“that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! --they have said, `The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to be built.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Haggai 1:2 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 13:31But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
- 2 Kings 12:7So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”
- Ezra 4:23When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
- Nehemiah 4:10Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
- Proverbs 22:13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
- Proverbs 26:13The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
- Proverbs 29:25The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
- Ecclesiastes 3:3a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
- Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
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