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Haggai 1:4

“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?

KJV

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַעֵ֤תha.'Et¿ [does] a timeH6256 →
לָכֶם֙la.Khem[belong] to you
אַתֶּ֔ם'a.TemyouH859 →
לָשֶׁ֖בֶתla.She.vetto dwellH3427 →
בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣םbe.va.tei.Khemin houses yourH1004 →
סְפוּנִ֑יםse.fu.NimcoveredH5603 →
וְהַבַּ֥יִתve.ha.Ba.yitand the houseH1004 →
הַזֶּ֖הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
חָרֵֽב׃cha.Rev[is] desolateH2720 →

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2 Samuel 7:2he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”Psalms 132:3–5“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,Philippians 2:21For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.Haggai 1:9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.Lamentations 4:1How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.Deuteronomy 8:12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.Daniel 9:17–18So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.1 Chronicles 17:1After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”Jeremiah 22:14who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.Psalms 132:3“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,Jeremiah 33:10This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard againPsalms 74:7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.Lamentations 2:7The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.Psalms 102:14For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’

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About Haggai

The Rebuilding of the Temple Is Begun — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Rebuilding of the Temple Is Begun — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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