14Then Haggai answered, |'So is this people, and so is this nation before me,' says Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean.


In Context

11 |Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

12 'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?'| The priests answered, |No.|

13 Then Haggai said, |If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, will it be unclean?| The priests answered, |It will be unclean.|

14 Then Haggai answered, |'So is this people, and so is this nation before me,' says Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean.

15 Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh.

16 Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.

Haggai 2:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Then answered Haggai, and said, So [is] this people, and so [is] this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so [is] every work of their hands; and that which they offer there [is] unclean.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Then Haggai said, " 'So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,' declares the Lord . 'Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, said the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:14And Aggeus answered, and said: So is this people, and so is this nation before my face, saith the Lord, and so is all the work of their hands: and all that they have offered there, shall be defiled.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah, and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14And Haggai answereth and saith, 'So is this people, and so is this nation before Me — an affirmation of Jehovah — and so is every work of their hands, and that which they bring near there — it is unclean.