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.


In Context

11 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: 'Ask, I pray thee, the priests of the law, saying:

12 Lo, one doth carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and he hath come with his skirt against the bread, or against the pottage, or against the wine, or against the oil, or against any food — is it holy?' And the priests answer and say, 'No.'

13 And Haggai saith, 'If the unclean of body doth come against any of these, is it unclean?' And the priests answer and say, 'It is unclean.'

14 And 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.

15 And now, lay it, I pray you, to your heart, From this day, and onwards, Before the laying of stone to stone in the temple of Jehovah.

16 From that time one hath come to a heap of twenty, And it hath been ten, He hath come unto the wine-fat to draw out fifty purahs, And it hath been 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Then 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.