Haggai 2 · Verse 8

Haggai 2:8

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
Haggai 2:8, King James Version

Haggai 2:8 in other translations

BSBThe silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
WEBThe silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ says the LORD of Armies.
ASVThe silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.
YLTMine is the silver, and Mine the gold, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.
DARBYThe silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.
BBEThe silver is mine and the gold is mine, says the Lord of armies.
WebsterThe silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

What does Haggai 2:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. The silver is mine--(Job 41:11; Psa 50:12). Ye are disappointed at the absence of these precious metals in the adorning of this temple, as compared with the first temple: If I pleased I could adorn this temple with them, but I will adorn it with a "glory" (Hag 2:7, 9) far more precious; namely, with the presence of My divine Son in His veiled glory first, and at His second coming with His revealed glory, accompanied with outward adornment of gold and silver, of which the golden covering within and without put on by Herod is the type. Then shall the nations bring offerings of those precious metals which ye now miss so much (Is 2:3; 60:3, 6, 7; Eze 43:2, 4, 5; 44:4). The heavenly Jerusalem shall be similarly adorned, but shall need "no temple" (Re 21:10-22). Compare 1Co 3:12, where gold and silver represent the most precious things (Zec 2:5). The inward glory of New Testament redemption far exceeds the outward glory of the Old Testament dispensation. So, in the case of the individual poor believer, God, if He pleased, could bestow gold and silver, but He bestows far better treasures, the possession of which might be endangered by that of the former (Jas 2:5).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Haggai 2:1-9

Those who are hearty in the Lord's service shall receive encouragement to proceed. But they could not build such a temple then, as Solomon built. Though our gracious God is pleased if we do as well as we can in his service, yet our proud hearts will scarcely let us be pleased, unless we do as well as others, whose abilities are far beyond ours. Encouragement is given the Jews to go on in the work notwithstanding…

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Haggai 2:8 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.

לִ֥יli[belongs] to me
הַכֶּ֖סֶףha.Ke.sefthe silverH3701
וְלִ֣יve.Liand [belongs] to me
הַזָּהָ֑בha.za.Havthe goldH2091
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָאֽוֹת\׃tze.va.'otof hostsH6635

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Haggai 2:8

  • Psalms 50:10-12

    For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

  • Psalms 24:1

    A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:14-16

    But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

  • Isaiah 60:17

    For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 6:20-35

    And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 6:20-35; 1Ch 29:14-16; Ps 24:1; 50:10-12; Isa 60:13,17

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Context

  • 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.

  • Haggai 2:8

    The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Haggai 2:9

    The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Haggai 2:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mía es la plata, y mío el oro, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’argent est à moi, et l’or est à moi, dit l’ Éternel des armées:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mein ist das Silber und mein das Gold, spricht Jehova der Heerscharen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et movebo omnes gentes, et veniet desideratus cunctis gentibus: et implebo domum istam gloria, dicit Dominus exercituum.