KJV King James Version
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I [am] with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
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Haggai 2:4
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I [am] with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.
WEB World English Bible
Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says Yahweh. ‘Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says Yahweh, ‘and work, for I am with you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
ASV American Standard Version
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And now, be strong, O Zerubbabel, An affirmation of Jehovah, And be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest, And be strong, all ye people of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah, And do ye—(for I am with you, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts)—
Surrounding context — Haggai 2
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 LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I [am] with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
5 [According to] the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land];
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.
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וְעַתָּ֣הH6258 · at.tahnowחֲזַ֣קH2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenזְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל׀H2216 · ze.rub.ba.velZerubbabelנְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָ֡הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַחֲזַ֣קH2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenיְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childיְהוֹצָדָק֩H3087 · ye.ho.tsa.daqJehozadakהַכֹּהֵ֨ןH3548 · ko.henpriestהַגָּד֜וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeוַחֲזַ֨קH2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenכָּל־H3605 · kolallעַ֥םH5971 · ampeopleהָאָ֛רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetנְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַֽעֲשׂ֑וּH6213 · a.sahto make: doכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niIאִתְּכֶ֔םH854 · etwithנְאֻ֖םH5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָאֽוֹת׃H6635 · tsa.vaarmy
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 28:20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do [it]: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, [even] my God, [will be] with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.Joshua 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest.Deuteronomy 31:23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.Zechariah 8:9Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which [were] in the day [that] the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.2 Samuel 5:10And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts [was] with him.2 Timothy 2:1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.1 Chronicles 22:13Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.Haggai 1:13Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I [am] with you, saith the LORD.2 Timothy 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Joshua 1:6Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.Exodus 3:12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,Mark 16:20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with [them], and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.1 Samuel 16:18Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.Judges 2:18And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
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