KJV King James Version
The silver [is] mine, and the gold [is] mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Haggai 2:8
The silver [is] mine, and the gold [is] mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
WEB World English Bible
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
ASV American Standard Version
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Mine is the silver, and Mine the gold, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.
Surrounding context — Haggai 2
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.
8 The silver [is] mine, and the gold [is] mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
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.
10 In the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests [concerning] the law, saying,
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Psalm 50:10-12For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.Psalm 24:1A Psalm of David. The earth [is] the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.1 Chronicles 29:14-16But 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.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 exactors righteousness.Isaiah 60:13The 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 6:20-35And 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.
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