Haggai 1:2–3
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.
Thus speaketh the LORD of hostes, saying; This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORDs house should be built.
Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying;
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- Ezra 4:23–2Rank 1 from verse 2
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- Nehemiah 4:10Rank 2 from verse 2
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Rank 3 from verse 2
10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
10Whatsoeuer thy hand findeth to doe, doe it with thy might: for there is no worke, nor deuice, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue, whither thou goest.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4Rank 4 from verse 2
- Numbers 13:31Rank 5 from verse 2
- Song of Solomon 5:2–3Rank 6 from verse 2
2¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
2¶ I sleepe, but my heart waketh: it is the voyce of my beloued that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my loue, my doue, my vndefiled: for my head is filled with dewe, and my lockes with the drops of the night.
3I haue put off my coate, how shall I put it on? I haue washed my feete, how shall I defile them?
- Proverbs 26:13–16Rank 7 from verse 2
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
15The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
13*The slothfull man sayth, There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets.
14 As the doore turneth vpon his hinges: so doeth the slothfull vpon his bedde.
15*‖The slothfull hideth his hand in his bosome, it grieueth him to bring it againe to his mouth.
16The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceit, then seuen men that can render a reason.
- Proverbs 29:25Rank 8 from verse 2
- Proverbs 22:13Rank 9 from verse 2
From verse 3
1THEN the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
1¶ Then the Prophets, *Haggai the Prophet, and Zechariah the sonne of Iddo, prophesied vnto the Iewes that were in Iudah and Ierusalem, in the Name of the God of Israel, euen vnto them.
- Zechariah 1:1Rank 2 from verse 3
1IN the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
1¶ In the eight moneth, in the seconde yeere of Darius, came the word of the LORD vnto Zechariah, the sonne of Barachiah, the sonne of Iddo the Prophet, saying,
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Haggai 1:2
Speaks; expresses or communicates words or meaning.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
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Constructed, formed, established, or strengthened.
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Haggai 1:3
Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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A person who declares or bears a message as divinely inspired, including one who foretells, whether truly or falsely.
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1:1IN the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
1:1¶ In the second yeere of Darius the king, in the sixt moneth, in the first day of the moneth came the worde of the LORD †by Haggai the Prophet vnto Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, ‖gouernour of Iudah, and to Iosuah the sonne of Iosedech the high priest, saying;
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.
1:2Thus speaketh the LORD of hostes, saying; This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORDs house should be built.
Selected passage1:3Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
1:3Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying;
Selected passage1:4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
1:4 Is it time for you, O yee, to dwell in your sieled houses, and this house lie waste?
1:5Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
1:5Nowe therefore thus saith the LORD of hostes; †Consider your wayes.
1:6Ye 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.
1:6Yee haue *sowen much and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not inough: yee drinke, but yee are not filled with drinke: yee cloth you, but there is none warme: and hee that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag †with holes.