Bible Strands
Haggai 2:8
The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD of Hosts delivers this declaration in the immediate context of promising to shake the nations and bring their treasures to fill the temple.
The words — The Hebrew places הַ/כֶּ֖סֶף (ha./Ke.sef) for "the silver" and הַ/זָּהָ֑ב (ha./za.Hav) for "the gold" before the declarative phrase נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת.
The thread — The assertion of divine ownership over material wealth runs through Psalms 24:1 and Psalms 50:10, while the underlying principle that all resources originate from God appears in 1 Chronicles 29:14.
Why it lands — It demands recognition that human wealth and contributions operate under divine authority rather than independent human control.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
Cross-references
- Psalms 50:10 for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
- Psalms 24:1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
- 1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
- Isaiah 60:17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
- Isaiah 60:13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.
- 1 Kings 6:20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.