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Berean Standard Bible

““Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?””

Haggai 1:4

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Haggai spoke in 520 BC to Jews who had returned from Babylon. They had started rebuilding the temple, but work had stopped for about sixteen years.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”

World English Bible (WEB)

“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?

King James Version (KJV)

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

American Standard Version (ASV)

Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Is it a time for you to be living in roofed houses while this house is a waste?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿Es para vosotros tiempo, para vosotros, de morar en vuestras casas enmaderadas, y esta casa está desierta?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

«¿Cómo es posible que ustedes vivan en casas bien hermosas, mientras mi templo permanece en ruinas?

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