Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Thus speaketh the LORD of Hosts, and sayeth, 'This people doth say: The time is not yet come to build up the LORD's house.'"

New American Standard Bible

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘This people says, “The time has not come, even the time for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”’”

King James 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.

Holman Bible

“The Lord of Hosts says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”

International Standard Version

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "These people keep saying, "No, the right time for rebuilding the LORD's Temple has not yet come."'"

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘These people say, “The time has not come that the Lord’s house (temple) should be rebuilt.”’”

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Thus said Jehovah of armies, saying, This people said the time was not come, the time of the house of Jehovah to be built

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'This people says, "{The time has not come to rebuild the temple of Yahweh}.'"

Modern King James verseion

So says Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people says, The time has not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built.

NET Bible

The Lord who rules over all says this: "These people have said, 'The time for rebuilding the Lord's temple has not yet come.'"

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Thus, speaketh Yahweh of hosts, saying, - This people, have said, Not yet hath come the time for the house of Yahweh to be built.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

"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.'"

Youngs Literal Translation

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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Lord

Usage: 0

of hosts
צבאה צבא 
Tsaba' 
Usage: 483

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296

is not come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

the time
עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296

that the Lord's

Usage: 0

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

The Temple Lies In Ruins

1 In the second year of king Darius, in the sixth month, the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the Prophet Haggai, unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel the prince of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, saying, 2 "Thus speaketh the LORD of Hosts, and sayeth, 'This people doth say: The time is not yet come to build up the LORD's house.'" 3 Then spake the LORD by the Prophet Haggai, and said,

Cross References

Numbers 13:31

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."

Ezra 4:23-2

Now when king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe and their counsel, they went up in all the haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and forbade them with violence and power.

Nehemiah 4:10

And Judah said, "The strength of the bearers is too feeble, and there is too much dust, we are not able to build on the wall."

Proverbs 22:13

The slothful body sayeth, "There is a lion without, I might be slain in the street."

Proverbs 26:13-16

The slothful sayeth, "There is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the midst of the streets."

Proverbs 29:25

He that feareth men, shall have a fall; but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall come to honour.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

He that regardeth the wind, shall not sow; and he that hath respect unto the clouds, shall not reap.

Song of Songs 5:2-3

As I was asleep, and my heart waking, I heard the voice of my beloved, when he knocked. Open to me, said he, O my sister, my love, my darling, my dove: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of my hair are full of the night drops.

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