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Thursday, October 24th, 2024
the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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New Living Translation
Haggai 1:10
It's because of you that the heavens withhold the dew and the earth produces no crops.
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Easy-to-Read Version
That is why the sky holds back its dew and why the earth holds back its crops.
That is why the sky holds back its dew and why the earth holds back its crops.
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
"Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
New Century Version
Because of what you have done, the sky holds back its rain and the ground holds back its crops.
Because of what you have done, the sky holds back its rain and the ground holds back its crops.
Update Bible Version
Therefore above you the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
Therefore above you the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed [from] her fruit.
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed [from] her fruit.
Amplified Bible
"Therefore, because of you [that is, your sin and disobedience] the heavens withhold the dew and the earth withholds its produce.
"Therefore, because of you [that is, your sin and disobedience] the heavens withhold the dew and the earth withholds its produce.
English Standard Version
Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
World English Bible
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For this thing heuenes ben forbedun, that thei schulden not yyue dew on you; and the erthe is forbodun, that it schulde not yyue his buriownyng.
For this thing heuenes ben forbedun, that thei schulden not yyue dew on you; and the erthe is forbodun, that it schulde not yyue his buriownyng.
English Revised Version
Therefore for your sake the heaven is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Therefore for your sake the heaven is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
Contemporary English Version
That's also why the dew doesn't fall and your harvest fails.
That's also why the dew doesn't fall and your harvest fails.
American Standard Version
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause the heaven over you is kept from giving dew, and the earth from giving her fruit.
For this cause the heaven over you is kept from giving dew, and the earth from giving her fruit.
Complete Jewish Bible
This is why the sky above you has withheld the dew, so that there is none, and the land withholds its yield.
This is why the sky above you has withheld the dew, so that there is none, and the land withholds its yield.
Darby Translation
Therefore over you the heavens withhold their dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
Therefore over you the heavens withhold their dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore over you the heaven hath kept back, so that there is no dew, and the earth hath kept back her produce.
Therefore over you the heaven hath kept back, so that there is no dew, and the earth hath kept back her produce.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore the heauen ouer you is stayed from dew, and the earth is staied from her fruite.
Therefore the heauen ouer you is stayed from dew, and the earth is staied from her fruite.
New Life Bible
So the sky has held back the water on the grass in the early morning because of you, and the earth has held back its food.
So the sky has held back the water on the grass in the early morning because of you, and the earth has held back its food.
New Revised Standard
Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore the heauen ouer you stayed it selfe from dewe, and the earth stayed her fruite.
Therefore the heauen ouer you stayed it selfe from dewe, and the earth stayed her fruite.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore the heavens over you have stayed from dew and the earth has withheld its fruit.
Therefore the heavens over you have stayed from dew and the earth has withheld its fruit.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wherefore - on your account, have the heavens, held back, dew, - and, the earth, held back her fruit;
Wherefore - on your account, have the heavens, held back, dew, - and, the earth, held back her fruit;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:
Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:
Revised Standard Version
Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore vpon you the heauen is stayed from deawe, & the earth is stayed from yeelding her increase.
Therfore vpon you the heauen is stayed from deawe, & the earth is stayed from yeelding her increase.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
therefore shall the sky withhold dew, and the earth shall keep back her produce.
therefore shall the sky withhold dew, and the earth shall keep back her produce.
Good News Translation
That is why there is no rain and nothing can grow.
That is why there is no rain and nothing can grow.
Christian Standard Bible®
So on your account,the skies have withheld the dewand the land its crops.
So on your account,the skies have withheld the dewand the land its crops.
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the eretz withholds its fruit.
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the eretz withholds its fruit.
King James Version
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Lexham English Bible
Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld the dew and the earth has withheld its produce.
Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld the dew and the earth has withheld its produce.
Literal Translation
On account of this, the heavens above you have held back the dew, and the earth is held back from her produce.
On account of this, the heavens above you have held back the dew, and the earth is held back from her produce.
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.
Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore the heauen is forbydde to geue you eny dew, and the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease.
Wherfore the heauen is forbydde to geue you eny dew, and the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease.
THE MESSAGE
Caught Up with Taking Care of Your Own Houses On the first day of the sixth month of the second year in the reign of King Darius of Persia, God 's Message was delivered by the prophet Haggai to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak: A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "The people procrastinate. They say this isn't the right time to rebuild my Temple, the Temple of God ." Shortly after that, God said more and Haggai spoke it: "How is it that it's the ‘right time' for you to live in your fine new homes while the Home, God 's Temple, is in ruins?" And then a little later, God -of-the-Angel-Armies spoke out again: "Take a good, hard look at your life. Think it over. You have spent a lot of money, but you haven't much to show for it. You keep filling your plates, but you never get filled up. You keep drinking and drinking and drinking, but you're always thirsty. You put on layer after layer of clothes, but you can't get warm. And the people who work for you, what are they getting out of it? Not much— a leaky, rusted-out bucket, that's what. That's why God -of-the-Angel-Armies said: "Take a good, hard look at your life. Think it over." Then God said: "Here's what I want you to do: Climb into the hills and cut some timber. Bring it down and rebuild the Temple. Do it just for me. Honor me. You've had great ambitions for yourselves, but nothing has come of it. The little you have brought to my Temple I've blown away—there was nothing to it. "And why?" (This is a Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies, remember.) "Because while you've run around, caught up with taking care of your own houses, my Home is in ruins. That's why. Because of your stinginess. And so I've given you a dry summer and a skimpy crop. I've matched your tight-fisted stinginess by decreeing a season of drought, drying up fields and hills, withering gardens and orchards, stunting vegetables and fruit. Nothing—not man or woman, not animal or crop—is going to thrive." Then the governor, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak, and all the people with them listened, really listened, to the voice of their God . When God sent the prophet Haggai to them, they paid attention to him. In listening to Haggai, they honored God . Then Haggai, God 's messenger, preached God 's Message to the people: "I am with you!" God 's Word. This is how God got Zerubbabel, Joshua, and all the people moving—got them working on the Temple of God -of-the-Angel-Armies. This happened on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of King Darius.
Caught Up with Taking Care of Your Own Houses On the first day of the sixth month of the second year in the reign of King Darius of Persia, God 's Message was delivered by the prophet Haggai to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak: A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "The people procrastinate. They say this isn't the right time to rebuild my Temple, the Temple of God ." Shortly after that, God said more and Haggai spoke it: "How is it that it's the ‘right time' for you to live in your fine new homes while the Home, God 's Temple, is in ruins?" And then a little later, God -of-the-Angel-Armies spoke out again: "Take a good, hard look at your life. Think it over. You have spent a lot of money, but you haven't much to show for it. You keep filling your plates, but you never get filled up. You keep drinking and drinking and drinking, but you're always thirsty. You put on layer after layer of clothes, but you can't get warm. And the people who work for you, what are they getting out of it? Not much— a leaky, rusted-out bucket, that's what. That's why God -of-the-Angel-Armies said: "Take a good, hard look at your life. Think it over." Then God said: "Here's what I want you to do: Climb into the hills and cut some timber. Bring it down and rebuild the Temple. Do it just for me. Honor me. You've had great ambitions for yourselves, but nothing has come of it. The little you have brought to my Temple I've blown away—there was nothing to it. "And why?" (This is a Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies, remember.) "Because while you've run around, caught up with taking care of your own houses, my Home is in ruins. That's why. Because of your stinginess. And so I've given you a dry summer and a skimpy crop. I've matched your tight-fisted stinginess by decreeing a season of drought, drying up fields and hills, withering gardens and orchards, stunting vegetables and fruit. Nothing—not man or woman, not animal or crop—is going to thrive." Then the governor, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak, and all the people with them listened, really listened, to the voice of their God . When God sent the prophet Haggai to them, they paid attention to him. In listening to Haggai, they honored God . Then Haggai, God 's messenger, preached God 's Message to the people: "I am with you!" God 's Word. This is how God got Zerubbabel, Joshua, and all the people moving—got them working on the Temple of God -of-the-Angel-Armies. This happened on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of King Darius.
New English Translation
This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce.
This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce.
New King James Version
Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce.
"Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce.
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore, because of you the sky has restrained its dew and the earth has restrained its produce.
Therefore, because of you the sky has restrained its dew and the earth has restrained its produce.
Contextual Overview
1 On August 29 of the second year of King Darius's reign, the Lord gave a message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 2 "This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: The people are saying, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord .'" 3 Then the Lord sent this message through the prophet Haggai: 4 "Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins? 5 This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: Look at what's happening to you! 6 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! 8 Now 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 . 9 You 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. 10 It's because of you that the heavens withhold the dew and the earth produces no crops.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Leviticus 26:19, Deuteronomy 28:23, Deuteronomy 28:24, 1 Kings 8:35, 1 Kings 17:1, Jeremiah 14:1-6, Hosea 2:9, Joel 1:18-20
Reciprocal: Psalms 105:16 - Moreover Psalms 107:37 - which may Amos 4:7 - I have Zechariah 8:12 - the heavens
Cross-References
Genesis 1:4
And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
Psalms 104:31
May the glory of the Lord continue forever! The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made!
May the glory of the Lord continue forever! The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew,.... Or, "therefore over", or "upon you" a; where should be a stop; that is, because, of your neglect of the house of God; therefore upon you, and upon you only, and not upon other nations, the heaven is restrained from letting down the dew: or, "therefore I am against you" b; for the above reason, and which the following things show; and sad it is to have God to be an enemy, and against a people! or, "for your sake"; so the Syriac version, to which sense is the Targum,
"therefore for your sins;''
and so Jarchi, "the heaven is stayed from dew"; none descends from it; the Lord, who has the ordering of it, will not suffer it: to have the dew fall upon the earth in the night season is a great blessing; it makes the earth fruitful, revives the corn, plants, and herbs, and causes them to flourish and increase; and to have it restrained is a judgment:
and the earth is stayed [from] her fruit; from bringing forth its increase, which is the consequence of the dew being withheld.
a על-כן עליכם "propterea super vos", Varenius, Reinbeck, Burkius. b "Idcirco contra vos", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Therefore, for you, - on your account; (As in Ps. 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 their account and by His will, His creatures withheld their service from them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Haggai 1:10. Therefore 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.
