Haggai 1:2 - The Scriptures 1998 “Thus spoke יהוה of hosts, saying, ‘This people have said, “The time has not come, the time the House of יהוה is 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. |
The lazy one says, “There is a lion outside! I am going to be killed in the streets!”
The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in יהוה is set on high.
He who watches the wind does not sow, and he who looks at the clouds does not reap.
a time to slay, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
All that your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
In the second year of Dareyawesh the sovereign, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of יהוה came by Ḥ
But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”