King James Version
Haggai 2:3 in the King James Version says “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 compar...” — study this verse from Haggai chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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?”
Haggai 2:3 · KJV
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, by: Heb. by the hand of
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,
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?
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:
According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“among you that saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“this house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“among you that saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“it now is it not in your eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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