Haggai 1:2

WEB

²“This is what the LORD of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for the LORD’s house to be built.’”

KJV

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.

BSB

²that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”

FBV

²The Lord Almighty says this: the people say, “This isn't the proper time to rebuild the Lord's house.”

Extra References

Nehemiah 4:10

¹⁰Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.”

Ecclesiastes 9:10

¹⁰Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol,^[+] where you are going.

Numbers 13:31

³¹But the men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”

²I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.” ³I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?

Ecclesiastes 11:4

⁴He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

Proverbs 26:13-16

¹³The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!” ¹⁴As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed. ¹⁵The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. ¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

Proverbs 29:25

²⁵The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in the LORD is kept safe.

Proverbs 22:13

¹³The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”