Haggai 1:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Haggai 1:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Haggai 1:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Haggai 1:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” says Yahweh.”
Haggai 1:8 — World English Bible
Haggai 1:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Haggai 1:8 — American Standard Version
Haggai 1:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Haggai 1:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Haggai 1:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Haggai 1:8 — Darby Translation
Haggai 1:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Goe vp to the mountaine, and bring wood, and build this House, and I wil be fauourable in it, and I will be glorified, sayth the Lord.”
Haggai 1:8 — Geneva Bible
Haggai 1:8 in Context — Haggai 1
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
8 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.
9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
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What Does Haggai 1:8 Mean?
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