God’s Word Translation
Haggai 1:10
10It is because of you that the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce.
Haggai 1:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
Context of Haggai 1:10
8“Go to the mountains, get lumber, and build the house. I will be pleased with it, and I will be honored,” declares the Lord. 9“You expected a lot, but you received a little. When you bring something home, I blow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of Armies. “It’s because my house lies in ruins while each of you is busy working on your own house. It is because of you that the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce. 11I called for a drought on the land, the hills, and on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and whatever the ground produces, on humans and animals, and on all your hard work.” 12Then Zerubbabel (who was the son of Shealtiel), the chief priest Joshua (who was the son of Jehozadak), and the faithful few who returned from Babylon obeyed the Lord their God. They also obeyed the words of the prophet Haggai because the Lord their God had sent him and because the people feared the Lord.
Read all of Haggai 1Haggai 1:10 word by word
עַל־כֵּ֣ן עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם כָּלְא֥וּ שָמַ֖יִם מִטָּ֑ל וְהָאָ֖רֶץ כָּלְאָ֥ה יְבוּלָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Haggai 1:10
- Leviticus 26:19I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement.
- Deuteronomy 28:23The sky above will look like bronze, and the ground below will be as hard as iron.
- 1 Kings 8:35“When the sky is shut and there’s no rain because they are sinning against you, and they pray toward this place, praise your name, and turn away from their sin because you made them suffer,
- 1 Kings 17:1Elijah, who was from Tishbe but had settled in Gilead, said to Ahab, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord God of Israel whom I serve lives, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I say so.”
- Jeremiah 14:1The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah about the drought.
- Hosea 2:9That is why I will take back my grain when it has ripened and my new wine when it’s in season. I will take away the wool and the linen that I gave her to cover her naked body.
- Joel 1:18The animals groan. Herds of cattle wander around confused. There’s no pasture for them. Even flocks of sheep are suffering.
Commentaries on Haggai 1:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew - It appears from the following verse that God had sent a drought upon the land, which threatened them with scarcity and famine.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Therefore, for you, - on your account; (As in Psalm 44:43.) for your sins, (Jon.) He points out the moral cause of the drought, whereas men think of this or that cause of the variations of the seasons, and we, e. g., take into our mouths Scriptural words, as “murrain of cattle,” and the like, and think of nothing less than why it was sent, or who sent it. Haggai directs the mind to the higher Cause, that as they withheld their service from God, so, on…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15The first message urges the people of Jerusalem to restore proper worship of God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. heaven ... is stayed from dew--literally, "stays itself." Thus heaven or the sky is personified; implying that inanimate nature obeys Jehovah's will; and, shocked at His people's disobedience, withholds its goods from them (compare Jr 2:12, 13).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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