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Bible in Basic English

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.

New American Standard Bible

Go up to the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord.

King James 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.

Holman Bible

Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house. Then I will be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord.

International Standard Version

Go up into the mountains, bring timber, and reconstruct my house. Then I will be pleased with it and I will be honored,' says the LORD.

A Conservative 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, says LORD.

American 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 Jehovah.

Amplified

Go up to the hill country, bring lumber and rebuild My house (temple), that I may be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord [accepting it as done for My glory].

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

Go up to the mountain and bring wood, and build the house, and I will delight in it, and I shall be honored, said Jehovah.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Go up the mountain and bring wood and build the house so that I may be pleased with it and honored,' says Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

Go up the mountain and bring wood, and build this House; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, says Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

get you up to the mountain, fetch wood, and build up the house: that it may be acceptable unto me, and that I may show mine honour, sayeth the LORD.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Ascend the mountain - and bring in wood and build the house, - that I may be pleased therewith and get myself glory, saith Yahweh.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Go up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

to the mountain
הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

and bring

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

and build
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

in it, and I will be glorified
כּבד כּבד 
Kabad 
Usage: 114

Images Haggai 1:8

Prayers for Haggai 1:8

Context Readings

The Temple Lies In Ruins

7 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways. 8 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. 9 You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.

Cross References

Haggai 2:7

And I will make a shaking of all the nations, and the desired things of all nations will come: and I will make this house full of my glory, says the Lord of armies.

Exodus 29:43

There I will come face to face with the children of Israel, and the Tent will be made holy by my glory

1 Kings 9:3

And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

2 Chronicles 2:8-10

And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

2 Chronicles 7:16

For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

Ezra 3:7

And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.

Ezra 6:4

With three lines of great stones and one line of new wood supports; and let the necessary money be given out of the king's store-house;

Psalm 87:2-3

The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.

Isaiah 60:7

All the flocks of Kedar will come together to you, the sheep of Nebaioth will be ready for your need; they will be pleasing offerings on my altar, and my house of prayer will be beautiful.

Isaiah 60:13

The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the sherbin-tree together, to make my holy place beautiful; and the resting-place of my feet will be full of glory.

Isaiah 66:11

So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.

Jonah 3:1-2

And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,

Haggai 1:2-4

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

Haggai 2:9

The second glory of this house will be greater than the first, says the Lord of armies: and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of armies.

Zechariah 11:1-2

Let your doors be open, O Lebanon, so that fire may be burning among your cedars.

Matthew 3:8-9

Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

John 13:31-32

Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him.

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