Haggai 2:8
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says LORD of hosts.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 6:20And inside the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it. And he overlaid it with pure gold. And he covered the altar with cedar.
Job 41:3Will he make many supplications to thee? Or will he speak soft words to thee?
Psalms 50:10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Isaiah 60:17For 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 overseers righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Haggai 2:2-10
The Glory of the Latter House. ( b. c. 520.) 1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the… Read the whole commentary →