Haggai 1:7

Haggai 1:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!

Context of Haggai 1:7

5Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct! 6You have planted much, but you harvest little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have enough to be intoxicated; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns wages earns them just to put them in a bag with holes in it [because God has withheld His blessing].” Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct! 8Go up to the hill country, bring lumber and rebuild My house (temple), that I may be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord [accepting it as done for My glory]. 9“You look for much [harvest], but it comes to little; and even when you bring that home, I blow it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house, which lies in ruins while each of you runs to his own house [eager to enjoy it].

Haggai 1:7 word by word

כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת שִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֖ם עַל־דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• Considerלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• Considerשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: considerH7760
• your waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870

Cross-references for Haggai 1:7

• Haggai 1:5Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!
• Psalms 119:59I considered my ways And turned my feet to [follow and obey] Your testimonies.
• Isaiah 28:10For He says, ‘Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Rule upon rule, rule upon rule, Here a little, there a little.’ ”
• Philippians 3:1Finally, my fellow believers, continue to rejoice and delight in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you.

Commentaries on Haggai 1:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15The first message urges the people of Jerusalem to restore proper worship of God.Read the comment

Topics related to Haggai 1:7

• Covetousness
• Lukewarmness
• Repentance
• Self-Examination
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Lord of Hosts
• Haggai
• Joshua (3)

Commentaries on Haggai 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings