Haggai 1:8

Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build ¹  the temple. ²  Then I will be pleased and honored,’ ³  says the Lord.

Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honoured," says the LORD.

"Go up to the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified," says the LORD.

Now go up into the hills, bring down timber, and rebuild my house. Then I will take pleasure in it and be honored, says the LORD.

Then GOD said: "Here's what I want you to do: Climb into the hills and cut some timber. Bring it down and rebuild the Temple. Do it just for me. Honor me.

Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored, says the LORD.

"Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified," says the LORD.

Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build ¹  the temple. ²  Then I will be pleased and honored,’ ³  says the Lord.

¹ tn Heb “and build the house” (so NIV, NRSV), with “house” referring specifically to the temple here.

² sn The temple was built primarily of stone, so the timber here refers to interior paneling (see v. 4) and perhaps to scaffolding (see Ezra 5:8; 6:4).

³ tn The Hebrew verb אֶכָּבְדָ (’ekkavda) appears to be a defectively written cohortative (“that I may be glorified”). The cohortatives (note that the preceding אֶרְצֶה, ’ertseh, “I will be pleased,” may also be taken as cohortative) indicate purpose/result (cf. NIV, NRSV “so that”; CEV “so”) following the imperatives of v. 8a (“go up,” “bring back,” “build”).