Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
Haggai 1:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for the LORD'S house to be built. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say, The time is not yet come that the Lord's house should be rebuilt [although Cyrus had ordered it done eighteen years before]. [Ezra 1:1-6; 4:1-6, 24; 5:1-3.] 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. Common English Bible This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: These people say, “The time hasn’t come, the time to rebuild the LORD’s house.” Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: This people claims that the time has not yet arrived for building the house of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord. |
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be murdered in the streets.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: But whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.