Haggai 1:6

Haggai 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye 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.
• New International Version (NIV)You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

Context of Haggai 1:6

4‘You people are living in beautiful houses. But my temple is still just a heap of stones! It is time for you to do something about it! 5I, the Almighty Lord, tell you this: Think carefully about what is happening to you. You plant seeds but not many plants grow to give you food. You never have enough to eat. You drink, but you are still thirsty. You have clothes to wear, but they do not keep you warm. When you receive money for your work, you soon need to spend it. Then you have no money left. 7The Almighty Lord also says this: Think about how you live your lives. 8Now go up to the hills to get wood to build my temple again. If you do that, I will be happy. You will worship me there as you should do.

Haggai 1:6 word by word

זְרַעְתֶּ֨ם הַרְבֵּ֜ה וְהָבֵ֣א מְעָ֗ט אָכ֤וֹל וְאֵין־לְשָׂבְעָה֙ שָׁת֣וֹ וְאֵין־לְשָׁכְרָ֔ה לָב֖וֹשׁ וְאֵין־לְחֹ֣ם ל֑וֹ וְהַ֨מִּשְׂתַּכֵּ֔ר מִשְׂתַּכֵּ֖ר אֶל־צְר֥וֹר נָקֽוּב׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye have sownזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• muchרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• and bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• in littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• ye eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• but ye have not enoughשׇׂבְעָהώob‛âh · satietyH7654
• ye drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• but ye are not filled with drinkשָׁכַרshâkar · be drunkH7937
• ye clotheלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• you, but there is none warmחֹםchôm · heatH2527
• and he that earneth wagesשָׂכַרώâkar sâkar · to hireH7936
• into a bagצְרוֹרtserôr tserôr · bundleH6872
• with holesנָקַבnâqab · to pierceH5344

Cross-references for Haggai 1:6

• Haggai 1:9You thought that you would get a lot of food from the crops that grow in your fields. But only a few plants grew. When you brought your food home, it quickly disappeared. I blew it away! Why do you think all this happened? It happened because my temple is still a heap of stones. At the same time, you all work hard to build your own houses. I, the Almighty Lord, am telling you this!
• Haggai 2:16In those days, you hoped to get 20 bags of grain from your fields. But you only got ten bags. You hoped to get 50 jars of wine from your grapes. But you only got 20 jars.
• Leviticus 26:20Even if they do a lot of work, no grain will grow. No fruit will grow on the trees.
• Deuteronomy 28:38You will plant many seeds in your fields, but you will not have much food at harvest time. Instead, locusts will eat your crops.
• 2 Samuel 21:1While David was king, there was a famine in Israel for three years. So David asked the Lord what had caused this trouble. The Lord said, ‘Saul's family is guilty of murder, because Saul killed many of the Gibeonites.’
• Isaiah 5:10Large vineyards will give only a few bottles of wine. If you plant ten bags of seed, you will only get one bag of grain as your harvest.’
• Jeremiah 14:4There has been no rain anywhere. The ground is breaking apart. The farmers too are very upset. They hide their faces in their hands.
• Hosea 4:10They will eat, but they will still be hungry. They will have sex with prostitutes, but they will still have no children. This will happen because they have turned away from the Lord.
• Hosea 8:7Like a farmer, Israel's people have planted the wind. So their harvest will be a strong storm! The crops that grow in their fields will not have any grain. So they will not be able to make flour for bread. Even if the crops do make some grain, foreign people will take it for themselves.
• Joel 1:10Nobody can use the fields. They are all dry. The new wine has all gone. The oil has all gone.
• Amos 4:6‘Earlier I made you hungry in all your cities. There was no food anywhere. But you did not start to pray to me again.’ The Lord says this!
• Micah 6:14You will eat, but you will still feel hungry. You will store things and you will try to keep them safe. But you will fail to save them. I will cause enemies to destroy all your things in the war.
• Zechariah 8:10Before that time, there was not enough money to pay for work that men or animals did. No man was safe from the enemy because I made all men angry with each other.’
• Malachi 2:2‘Listen carefully to what I say to you. You must respect my name properly. If not, I will punish you. I will no longer bless you but I will curse you. I am already doing that because you do not respect my name as you should.
• Malachi 3:9Yes, all of you are robbing me. The whole nation of Israel is guilty. So you will receive the punishment of a curse.

Commentaries on Haggai 1:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Ye have sown much - God will not bless you in any labor of your hands, unless you rebuild his temple and restore his worship. This verse contains a series of proverbs, no less than five in the compass of a few lines.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Ye have sown much - The prophet expresses the habitualness of these visitations by a vivid present. He marks no time and so expresses the more vividly that it was at all times. It is one continually present evil. “Ye have sown much and there is a bringing in little; there is eating and not to satisfy; there is drinking and not to exhilarate; there is clothing and not to be warm It is not for the one or the other years, as, since the first year of Darius…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6eat … drink … put on clothes: Each action shows a continuous process. You keep filling your plates, keep drinking, and put on layer after layer of clothes. This increases the feeling of futility. a bag pierced through: This image represents the loss of wages. Many families faced poverty despite their steady work.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Nothing has prospered with you while you neglected your duty to God. The punishment corresponds to the sin. They thought to escape poverty by not building, but keeping their money to themselves; God brought it on them for not building (Pr 13:7; 11:24; Mt 6:33). Instead of cheating God, they had been only cheating themselves. ye clothe ... but ... none warm--through insufficiency of clothing; as ye are unable through poverty from failure of your crops…Read the comment

Topics related to Haggai 1:6

• Covetousness
• Lukewarmness
• Parsimony (Stinginess)
• Temple
• Wages
• Worldliness

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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