Haggai 1

Haggai 1:1

AMP: In the second year of Darius the king [of Persia], on the first day of the sixth month (Aug 29, 520 b.c.), the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

ASV: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

BSB: In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating

DARBY: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by the prophet Haggai unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

DRA: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:

KJV: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

Haggai 1:2

AMP: “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘These people say, “The time has not come that the Lord’s house (temple) should be rebuilt.” ’ ” [Ezra 1:1-6; 4:1-6, 24; 5:1-3]

ASV: Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time [for us] to come, the time for Jehovah`s house to be built.

BSB: that this is what the LORD of Hosts says:“These people say, ‘The time has not yet cometo rebuild the house of the LORD.’”

DARBY: Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built.

DRA: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.

KJV: Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built.

Haggai 1:3

AMP: Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

ASV: Then came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,

BSB: Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

DARBY: And the word of Jehovah came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

DRA: And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying:

KJV: Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Haggai 1:4

AMP: “Is it time for you yourselves to live in your [expensive] paneled houses while this house [of the Lord] lies in ruins?”

ASV: Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?

BSB: “Is it a time for you yourselvesto live in your paneled houses,while this house lies in ruins?”

DARBY: Is it time for you that ye should dwell in your wainscoted houses, while this house lieth waste?

DRA: Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate?

KJV: Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

Haggai 1:5

AMP: Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!

ASV: Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

BSB: Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says:“Consider carefully your ways.

DARBY: And now thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

DRA: And now thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts to consider your ways.

KJV: Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Haggai 1:6

AMP: You have planted much, but you harvest little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have enough to be intoxicated; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns wages earns them just to put them in a bag with holes in it [because God has withheld His blessing].”

ASV: 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.

BSB: You have planted muchbut harvested little.You eat but never have enough.You drink but never have your fill.You put on clothes but never get warm.You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

DARBY: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but are not satisfied; ye drink, but are not filled with drink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages for a bag with holes.

DRA: You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes.

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.

Haggai 1:7

AMP: Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!

ASV: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

BSB: This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“Consider carefully your ways.

DARBY: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

DRA: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set Your hearts upon your ways:

KJV: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Haggai 1:8

AMP: Go up to the hill country, bring lumber and rebuild My house (temple), that I may be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord [accepting it as done for My glory].

ASV: Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

BSB: Go up into the hills,bring down lumber, and build the house,so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,says the LORD.

DARBY: Go up to the mountain and bring wood, and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

DRA: Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build the house: and it shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, saith the Lord.

KJV: Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

Haggai 1:9

AMP: “You look for much [harvest], but it comes to little; and even when you bring that home, I blow it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house, which lies in ruins while each of you runs to his own house [eager to enjoy it].

ASV: Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.

BSB: You expected much,but behold, it amounted to little.And what you brought home, I blew away.Why? declares the LORD of Hosts.Because My house still lies in ruins,while each of you is busywith his own house.

DARBY: Ye looked for much, and behold it was little; and when ye brought it home, I blew upon it. Wherefore? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, whilst ye run every man to his own house.

DRA: You have looked for more, and behold it became less, and you brought it home, and I blowed it away: why, saith the Lord of hosts? because my house is desolate, and you make haste every man to his own house.

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.

Haggai 1:10

AMP: Therefore, because of you [that is, your sin and disobedience] the heavens withhold the dew and the earth withholds its produce.

ASV: Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.

BSB: Therefore, on account of youthe heavens have withheld their dewand the earth has withheld its crops.

DARBY: Therefore over you the heavens withhold their dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.

DRA: Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:

KJV: Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

Haggai 1:11

AMP: I called for a drought on the land and the hill country, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands.”

ASV: And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.

BSB: I have summoned a droughton the fields and on the mountains,on the grain, new wine, and oil,and on whatever the ground yields,on man and beast,and on all the labor of your hands.”

DARBY: And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon man, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

DRA: And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and upon all that the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon beasts, and upon all the labour of the hands.

KJV: And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Haggai 1:12

AMP: Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people [who had returned from exile], listened carefully and obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, since the Lord their God had sent him. And the people [reverently] feared the Lord.

ASV: Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people did fear before Jehovah.

BSB: Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.

DARBY: And Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, according as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people feared before Jehovah.

DRA: Then Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and all the remnant of the people hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, and to the words of Aggeus the prophet, as the Lord their God sent him to them: and the people feared before the Lord.

KJV: Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.

Haggai 1:13

AMP: Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, spoke the Lord’s message to the people saying, “ ‘I am with you,’ declares the Lord.”

ASV: Then spake Haggai Jehovah`s messenger in Jehovah`s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.

BSB: Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people:“I am with you,”declares the LORD.

DARBY: Then spoke Haggai, Jehovah's messenger, in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.

DRA: And Aggeus the messenger of the Lord, as one of the messengers of the Lord, spoke, saying to the people: I am with you, saith the Lord.

KJV: Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

Haggai 1:14

AMP: So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

ASV: And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

BSB: So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,

DARBY: And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked at the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

DRA: And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel governor of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people: and they went in, and did the work in the house of the Lord of hosts their God.

KJV: And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

Haggai 1:15

AMP: on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month (Sept 21, 520 b.c.) in the second year of Darius the king.

ASV: in the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth [month], in the second year of Darius the king.

BSB: on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

DARBY: in the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

KJV: In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.