2Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.


In Context

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.

3 And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying:

4 Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate?

Haggai 1:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:2This is what the Lord Almighty says: "These people say, 'The time has not yet come for the Lord 's house to be built.' "

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Thus 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Thus 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2|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.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2Thus 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.