God’s Word Translation
Haggai 1:6
6You planted a lot, but you harvested little. You eat, but you’re never full. You drink, but you’re still thirsty. You wear clothing, but you never have enough to keep you warm. You spend money as fast as you earn it.
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“Is it time for you to live in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins? 5Now, this is what the Lord of Armies says: Carefully consider your ways! You planted a lot, but you harvested little. You eat, but you’re never full. You drink, but you’re still thirsty. You wear clothing, but you never have enough to keep you warm. You spend money as fast as you earn it. 7This is what the Lord of Armies says: Carefully consider your ways! 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.
Read all of Haggai 1Haggai 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 1:9“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.
- Haggai 2:16When anyone came to a pile of grain ⌞to get⌟ 20 measures, there would be only 10. And when anyone came to a wine vat to draw out 50 measures, there would be only 20 in it.
- Leviticus 26:20You will work hard for nothing because your land will produce no crops and the trees will produce no fruit.
- Deuteronomy 28:38You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little because locusts will destroy your crops.
- 2 Samuel 21:1In the time of David, there was a famine for three successive years, and David asked the Lord’s advice about it. The Lord answered, “It’s because of Saul and his family. They are guilty of murder because they killed the people of Gibeon.”
- Psalms 107:34and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.
- Isaiah 5:10A ten-acre vineyard will produce only six gallons of wine, and two quarts of seed will produce only four quarts of grain.”
- Jeremiah 14:4The ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed. They cover their heads.
- Hosea 4:10“They will eat, but they’ll never be full. They will have sex with prostitutes, but they’ll never have children. They have abandoned the Lord.
- Hosea 8:7“The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that doesn’t ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.
- Joel 1:10Israel’s fields are ruined, and the ground is dried up. The grain has been destroyed. The new wine has dried up. The olive oil has run out.
- Amos 4:6I left you with nothing to eat in any of your cities. I left you with no food in your entire land. And you still didn’t return to me, declares the Lord.
- Micah 6:14You will eat, but you won’t be full. So you will always be hungry. You will put things away, but you won’t save them. Anything you save I will destroy.
- Zechariah 8:10Before that time there was no money to hire any person or animal. No one who traveled was safe from the enemy. I turned every person against his neighbor.
- Malachi 2:2If you won’t listen and if you won’t consider giving honor to my name,” says the Lord of Armies, “then I’ll send a curse on you, and I’ll curse the blessings you give. Yes, I’ve already cursed them because you don’t carefully consider this.
- Malachi 3:9So a curse is on you because the whole nation is cheating me!
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
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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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