Haggai 1 · Verse 8

Haggai 1:8

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.
Haggai 1:8, King James Version

Haggai 1:8 in other translations

BSBGo up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.
WEBGo up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” says the LORD.
ASVGo 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.
YLTGo 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.
DARBYGo 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.
BBEGo up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.
WebsterGo 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.

What does Haggai 1:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. Go up to the mountain--Moriah [Rosenmuller]; Lebanon [Henderson]. Rather, generally, the mountains around, now covered with wood, the growth of the long period of the captivity. So Ne 8:15, "Go forth unto the mount," that is, the neighboring hills [Maurer]. wood--Haggai specifies this as being the first necessary; not to the exclusion of other materials. Stones also were doubtless needed. That the old walls were not standing, as the Hebrew interpreters quoted by Jerome state, or the new walls partly built, appears from Hag 2:18, where express mention is made of laying the foundations. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified--I will be propitious to suppliants in it (1Ki 8:30), and shall receive the honor due to Me which has been withheld. In neglecting the temple, which is the mirror of My presence, ye dishonor Me [Calvin]; in its being built, ye shall glorify Me.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood - Go to Lebanon, and get timber. In the second year of the return from the captivity, they had procured cedar trees from Lebanon, and brought them to Joppa, and had hired masons and carpenters from the Tyrians and Sidonians; but that labor had been nearly lost by the long suspension of the building. Ezr 3:7.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Haggai 1:1-11

Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a storm, yet they must go back to it. They did not say that they would not build a temple, but, Not yet. Thus men do not say they will never repent and reform, and be religious, but, Not yet. And so the great business we were sent into the world to do, is not done. There is a proneness…

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Haggai 1:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֲל֥וּ'a.Lugo upH5927
הָהָ֛רha.Harthe hill countryH2022
וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥םva.ha.ve.Temand you will bringH935
עֵ֖ץ'etzwoodH6086
וּבְנ֣וּu.ve.Nuand rebuildH1129
הַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
וְאֶרְצֶה\־ve.'er.tzeh-so I may take pleasureH7521
בּ֥וֹboin it
וְאֶכָּבְדָ֖הve.'e.ka.vedso let me be honoredH3513
אָמַ֥ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for Haggai 1:8

  • Psalms 132:13-14

    For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:16

    For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:8-10

    Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

  • Haggai 2:7

    And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • 1 Kings 9:3

    And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

  • Exodus 29:43

    And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.

  • Ezra 3:7

    They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

  • Jonah 3:1-2

    And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

  • Haggai 1:2-4

    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. Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

  • Isaiah 66:11

    That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

  • Isaiah 60:13

    The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

  • John 13:31-32

    Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
to.
2Ch 2:8-10; Ezr 3:7; 6:4; Zec 11:1,2
and build.
2-4; Jon 3:1,2; Mt 3:8,9
and I will take.
1Ki 9:3; 2Ch 7:16; Ps 87:2,3; 132:13,14
I will be.
2:7; Ex 29:43; Isa 60:7,13; 66:11; Joh 13:31,32

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Context

  • Haggai 1:7

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

  • Haggai 1:8

    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.

  • Haggai 1:9

    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.

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Haggai 1:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Subid al monte, y traed madera, y reedificad la casa; y pondré en ella mi voluntad, y seré honrado, ha dicho Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Montez à la montagne et apportez du bois, et bâtissez la maison; et j’y prendrai plaisir, et je serai glorifié, dit l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Steiget auf das Gebirge und bringet Holz herbei und bauet das Haus, so werde ich Wohlgefallen daran haben und verherrlicht werden spricht Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ascendite in montem, portate ligna, et ædificate domum: et acceptabilis mihi erit, et glorificabor, dicit Dominus.