Haggai 1:9

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

7The Lord of armies says this: “Consider your ways! 8Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be honored,” says the Lord. “You start an ambitious project, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of armies. “It is because of My house which remains desolate, while each of you runs to his own house. 10Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. 11And I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on mankind, on cattle, and on all the products of the labor of your hands.”

Haggai 1:9 word by word

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

• startפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• an ambitiousרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• but beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• to littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• when you bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• blowנָפַחnâphach · to breatheH5301
• Whyיַעַןya‛an · becauseH3282
• Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• desolateחָרֵבchârêb · desolateH2720
• while eachאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• of you runsרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323

Cross-references for Haggai 1:9

• Haggai 1:6You have sown much, only to harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but there is not enough for anyone to get warm; and the one who earns, earns wages to put into a money bag full of holes.”
• Haggai 2:16from that time when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there would be only twenty.
• Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation And have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore you plant delightful plants And set them with vine shoots of a strange god.
• Malachi 3:8“Would anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
• 2 Samuel 22:16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were exposed By the rebuke of the Lord, From the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
• 2 Kings 19:7Behold, I am going to put a spirit in him so that he will hear news and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
• Isaiah 40:7The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the Lord blows upon it; The people are indeed grass!
• Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the Lord of armies, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
• Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me.
• Psalms 77:5I have considered the days of old, The years of long ago.
• Haggai 1:4“Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses while this house remains desolate?”
• Joshua 7:10So the Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?
• 2 Samuel 21:1Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
• Matthew 10:37“The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
• 1 Corinthians 11:30For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number are asleep.
• Revelation 2:4But I have this against you, that you have left your 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

Topics related to Haggai 1:9

• Covetousness
• Lukewarmness
• Parsimony (Stinginess)
• Selfishness
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Lord of Hosts
• Blow
• 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