Haggai 1:10

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

8Now go up into the hills, bring down timber, and rebuild my house. Then I will take pleasure in it and be honored, says the Lord. 9You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away. Why? Because my house lies in ruins, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, while all of you are busy building your own fine houses. It’s because of you that the heavens withhold the dew and the earth produces no crops. 11I have called for a drought on your fields and hills—a drought to wither the grain and grapes and olive trees and all your other crops, a drought to starve you and your livestock and to ruin everything you have worked so hard to get.” 12Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of God’s people began to obey the message from the Lord their God. When they heard the words of the prophet Haggai, whom the Lord their God had sent, the people feared the Lord.

Haggai 1:10 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֣ן עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם כָּלְא֥וּ שָמַ֖יִם מִטָּ֑ל וְהָאָ֖רֶץ כָּלְאָ֥ה יְבוּלָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• over you is stayedכָּלָאkâlâ' · to restrainH3607
• from dewטַלţal · dewH2919
• and the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• her fruitיְבוּלyebûl · cropsH2981

Cross-references for Haggai 1:10

• Leviticus 26:19I will break your proud spirit by making the skies as unyielding as iron and the earth as hard as bronze.
• Deuteronomy 28:23The skies above will be as unyielding as bronze, and the earth beneath will be as hard as iron.
• 1 Kings 8:35“If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this Temple and acknowledge your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them,
• 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”
• Jeremiah 14:1This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord, explaining why he was holding back the rain:
• Hosea 2:9“But now I will take back the ripened grain and new wine I generously provided each harvest season. I will take away the wool and linen clothing I gave her to cover her nakedness.
• Joel 1:18How the animals moan with hunger! The herds of cattle wander about confused, because they have no pasture. The flocks of sheep and goats bleat in misery.

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

Topics related to Haggai 1:10

• Famine
• Lukewarmness
• Parsimony (Stinginess)
• Selfishness

In the dictionaries

• Haggai
• Joshua (3)
• Dew

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