Haggai 1:6

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“Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins? 5This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you! You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes! 7“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you! 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.

Haggai 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 1:9You 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.
• Haggai 2:16When you hoped for a twenty-bushel crop, you harvested only ten. When you expected to draw fifty gallons from the winepress, you found only twenty.
• Leviticus 26:20All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.
• Deuteronomy 28:38“You will plant much but harvest little, for locusts will eat your crops.
• 2 Samuel 21:1There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”
• Psalms 107:34He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.
• Isaiah 5:10Ten acres of vineyard will not produce even six gallons of wine. Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket of grain.”
• Jeremiah 14:4The ground is parched and cracked for lack of rain. The farmers are deeply troubled; they, too, cover their heads.
• Hosea 4:10They will eat and still be hungry. They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it, for they have deserted the Lord
• Hosea 8:7“They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. The stalks of grain wither and produce nothing to eat. And even if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it.
• Joel 1:10The fields are ruined, the land is stripped bare. The grain is destroyed, the grapes have shriveled, and the olive oil is gone.
• Amos 4:6“I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.
• Micah 6:14You will eat but never have enough. Your hunger pangs and emptiness will remain. And though you try to save your money, it will come to nothing in the end. You will save a little, but I will give it to those who conquer you.
• Zechariah 8:10Before the work on the Temple began, there were no jobs and no money to hire people or animals. No traveler was safe from the enemy, for there were enemies on all sides. I had turned everyone against each other.
• Malachi 2:2Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
• Malachi 3:9You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been 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

Topics related to Haggai 1:6

• Covetousness
• Lukewarmness
• Parsimony (Stinginess)
• Temple
• Wages
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

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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