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Haggai 2:19
19Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit. “ ‘From this day on I will bless you.’ ”
Haggai 2:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am giving you a promise now while the seed is still in the barn. You have not yet harvested your grain, and your grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced their crops. But from this day onward I will bless you.”
Context of Haggai 2:19
17I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me,’ declares the Lord. 18‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought: Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit. “ ‘From this day on I will bless you.’ ” 20The word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: 21“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
Read all of Haggai 2Haggai 2:19 word by word
הַע֤וֹד הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ בַּמְּגוּרָ֔ה וְעַד־הַגֶּ֨פֶן וְהַתְּאֵנָ֧ה וְהָרִמּ֛וֹן וְעֵ֥ץ הַזַּ֖יִת לֹ֣א נָשָׂ֑א מִן־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה אֲבָרֵֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Is the seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
- yet in the barnמְגוּרָהmegûrâh · fearH4035
- yea, as yet the vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
- and the fig treeתְּאֵנָהte'ên te'ênâh · figH8384
- and the pomegranateרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn · pomegranateH7416
- and the oliveזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
- treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
- hath not brought forthנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- from this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- will I blessבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
Cross-references for Haggai 2:19
- Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
- Genesis 26:12Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.
- Leviticus 26:3“ ‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands,
- Deuteronomy 15:10Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.
- Deuteronomy 28:2All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:
- Psalms 84:12Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
- Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.
- Psalms 133:3It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.
- Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
- Zechariah 8:11But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the Lord Almighty.
- Malachi 3:10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
- Matthew 6:33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Commentaries on Haggai 2:19
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Many spoiled this good work, by going about it with unholy hearts and hands, and were likely to gain no advantage by it. The sum of these two rules of the law is, that sin is more easily learned from others than holiness. The impurity of their hearts and lives shall make the work of their hands, and all their offerings, unclean before God. The case is the same with us. When employed in any good work, we should watch over ourselves, lest we…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Is there still seed in the barn?: This promise of a plentiful harvest highlights God's faithfulness to his covenant people. The temple was not yet finished, but God promised to extend its blessings immediately. But from this day on, I will bless you: God graciously responded right away to his people's efforts toward spiritual renewal and obedience (see Psalm 111:4–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Is the seed yet in the barn?--implying, It is not. It has been already sown this month, and there are no more signs of its bearing a good crop, much less of its being safely stored in the barn, than there were in the past season, when there was such a failure; yet I promise to you from this day (emphatically marking by the repetition the connection of the blessing with the day of their obedience) a blessing in an abundant harvest. So also the vine…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Haggai 2
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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