American Standard Version
Haggai 1:9
9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.
Haggai 1:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
- New International Version (NIV)“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.
Context of Haggai 1:9
7Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways. 8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house. 10Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit. 11And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.
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פָּנֹ֤ה אֶל־הַרְבֵּה֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה לִמְעָ֔ט וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם הַבַּ֖יִת וְנָפַ֣חְתִּי ב֑וֹ יַ֣עַן מֶ֗ה נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת יַ֗עַן בֵּיתִי֙ אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא חָרֵ֔ב וְאַתֶּ֥ם רָצִ֖ים אִ֥ישׁ לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
- muchרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
- whenאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- blowנָפַחnâphach · to breatheH5301
- Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
- hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
- houseבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
- runרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
- manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
Cross-references for Haggai 1:9
- Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
- Haggai 2:16Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty.
- Isaiah 17:10For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips.
- Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
- 2 Samuel 22:16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
- 2 Kings 19:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
- Isaiah 40:7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.
- Malachi 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
- Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
- Psalms 77:5I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
- Haggai 1:4Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?
- Joshua 7:10And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?
- 2 Samuel 21:1And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
- Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
- 1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
- Revelation 2:4But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.
Commentaries on Haggai 1:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Ye looked for much - Ye made great pretensions at first; but they are come to nothing. Ye did a little in the beginning; but so scantily and unwillingly that I could not but reject it. Ye run every man unto his own house - To rebuild and adorn it; and God's house is neglected!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Ye looked - , literally “a looking;” as though he said, it has all been one looking, “for much,” for increase, the result of all sowing, in the way of nature: “and behold it came to little,” i. e., less than was sown; as Isaiah denounced to them of old by God‘s word, Isaiah 5:10. “the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah,” i. e., one tenth of what was sown. “And ye brought it home, and I blew upon it,” so as to disperse it, as, not the wheat, but the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9I blew away: The Lord destroyed the harvest because the people focused only on themselves, not on God. declares the LORD of Hosts: This is a common God-as-speaker formula (a set phrase that shows God is speaking). It often appears at the close of a prophecy and confirms that the message truly comes from God (Haggai 1:13; 2:8, 17, 23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Ye looked for much--literally, "looked" so as to turn your eyes "to much." The Hebrew infinitive here expresses continued looking. Ye hoped to have your store made "much" by neglecting the temple. The greater was your greediness, the more bitter your disappointment in being poorer than ever. when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it--even the little crop brought into your barns I dissipated. "I did blow upon," that is, I scattered and caused to…Read the comment
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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
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