Haggai 1:13

New Living Translation

Then Haggai, the Lord 's messenger, gave the people this message from the Lord : "I am with you, says the Lord !"

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Haggai, the Lord 's messenger, delivered this message to the people: "The Lord says, ‘I am with you!'"

New American Standard Bible
Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke by the commission of the LORD to the people, saying, "'I am with you,' declares the LORD."

New Century Version
Haggai, the Lord 's messenger, gave the Lord 's message to the people, saying, "The Lord says, ‘I am with you.'"

Update Bible Version
Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger, spoke Yahweh's message to the people, saying, I am with you, says Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then spoke Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message to the people, saying, I [am] with you, saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible
Then Haggai, the LORD'S messenger, spoke the LORD'S message to the people saying, "'I am with you,' declares the LORD."

English Standard Version
Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord , spoke to the people with the Lord 's message, "I am with you, declares the Lord ."

World English Bible
Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger, spoke in Yahweh's message to the people, saying, "I am with you," says Yahweh.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Aggei, a messanger of the Lord, of the messangeris of the Lord, seide to the puple, and spak, Y am with you, seith the Lord.

English Revised Version
Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the LORD's message to the people, saying: "I am with you," declares the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
Haggai then told them that the Lord had promised to be with them.

American Standard Version
Then spake Haggai Jehovah's messenger in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
Then Haggai, whom the Lord had sent to give his words to the people, said, I am with you, says the Lord.

Complete Jewish Bible
Hagai the messenger of Adonai conveyed this message of Adonai to the people: "‘I am with you,' says Adonai ."

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

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then spoke Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying: 'I am with you, saith the LORD.'

King James Version (1611)
Then spake Haggai the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people, saying; I am with you, saith the Lord.

New Life Bible
Then Haggai the man of God spoke for the Lord to the people, saying, "I am with you," says the Lord.

New Revised Standard
Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord , spoke to the people with the Lord 's message, saying, I am with you, says the Lord .

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then spake Haggai the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people, saying, I am with you, sayth the Lord.

George Lamsa Translation
Then spoke Haggai the LORDS messenger according to the LORDS message to the people, saying, I am with you, says the LORD of hosts.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Haggai the messenger of Yahweh, in the message of Yahweh, to the people saying, - I, am with you, Declareth Yahweh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Revised Standard Version
Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with the LORD's message, "I am with you, says the LORD."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Haggeus the Lordes messenger sayd in the Lordes message vnto the people, saying: I am with you saith the Lorde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Aggaeus the Lord’s messenger spoke among the messengers of the Lord to the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.

Good News Translation
Then Haggai gave the Lord 's message to the people: "I will be with you—that is my promise."

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, delivered the Lord’s message to the people: “I am with you—this is the Lord’s declaration.”

Hebrew Names Version
Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, spoke in the LORD's message to the people, saying, "I am with you," says the LORD.

King James Version
Then spake Haggai the Lord 's messenger in the Lord 's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord .

Lexham English Bible
And Haggai the messenger of Yahweh spoke to the people with the message of Yahweh, saying, "‘I am with you' declares Yahweh."

Literal Translation
And Haggai, the messenger of Jehovah, spoke the message of Jehovah to the people, saying, I am with you, says Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation
And Haggai, messenger of Jehovah, in messages of Jehovah, speaketh to the people, saying: `I [am] with you, an affirmation of Jehovah.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Aggeus the LORDES angel sayed in the LORDES message vnto the people: I am wt you, saieth the LORDE.

THE MESSAGE
Then Haggai, God 's messenger, preached God 's Message to the people: "I am with you!" God 's Word.

New English Translation
Then Haggai, the Lord 's messenger, spoke the Lord 's word to the people: "I am with you!" says the Lord .

New King James Version
Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, spoke the LORD's message to the people, saying, "I am with you, says the LORD."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke by the commission of the LORD to the people saying, " 'I am with you,' declares the LORD."

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Haggai, the messenger of Yahweh, spoke by the commissioned message of Yahweh to the people saying, "‘I am with you,' declares Yahweh."

Contextual Overview

¹² Then 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 . ¹³ Then Haggai, the Lord 's messenger, gave the people this message from the Lord : "I am with you, says the Lord !" ¹⁴ So the Lord sparked the enthusiasm of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the enthusiasm of Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the enthusiasm of the whole remnant of God's people. They began to work on the house of their God, the Lord of Heaven's Armies, ¹⁵ on September 21 of the second year of King Darius's reign.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord's: Judges 2:1, *marg. Isaiah 42:19, Isaiah 44:26, Ezekiel 3:17, Malachi 2:7, Malachi 3:1, 2 Corinthians 5:20

I am: Haggai 2:4, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 20:17, 2 Chronicles 32:8, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Isaiah 8:8-10, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 43:2, Jeremiah 15:20, Jeremiah 20:11, Jeremiah 30:11, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 28:20, Acts 18:9, Acts 18:10, Romans 8:31, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:22

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:10 - displeased Nehemiah 2:18 - So they strengthened Job 33:23 - a messenger

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then spoke Haggai the Lord's messenger,.... Which some render "angel"; hence sprung that notion, imbibed by some, that he was not a man, but an angel; whereas this only respects his office, being sent of God as an ambassador in his name with a message to his people: he now observing what effect his prophecy had upon the people; they being convinced of their sin, and terrified with the judgments of God upon them, and fearing that worse still would attend them; in order to revive their spirits and comfort them, spake the words unto them which follow: and this he did

in the Lord's message unto the people; not of his own head, nor out of the pity of his own heart merely; but as a prophet of the Lord, having a fresh message from him to carry a promise to them for their comfort and encouragement:

saying, I [am] with you, saith the Lord; to pardon their sins; to accept their persons; to remove his rod from them; to assist them in the work of building the temple, they were now willing to engage in; to protect them from their enemies, and to strengthen them to go on with the work till they had finished it; a short promise, but a very full one: it was saying much in a little, and enough to remove all their fears, to scatter all their doubts, and to bear them up, and through all discouragements.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Haggai, the Lord’s messenger - Malachi, whose own name was framed to express that he was “the Lord’s messenger,” and Haggai alone use the title, as the title of a prophet; perhaps as forerunners of the great prophet whom Malachi announced. Malachi also speaks of the priest, as Malachi 2:7 “the messenger of the Lord of hosts,” and prophesies of John Baptist as Malachi 3:1 “the messenger” of the Lord, who should go before His face. Haggai, as he throughout repeats that his words were God’s words, frames a new word to express, in the language of the New Testament; 2 Corinthians 5:20 that he had an embassy from God; “in the Lord’s message.”

I am with you - All the needs and longings of the creature are summed up in those two words, “I with you.” “Who art Thou and who am I? Thou, He Who Is; I, he who am not;” nothing, yea worse than nothing. Yet “if Romans 8:31, God be for us,” Paul asks, “who can be against us?” Our blessed Lord’s parting promise to the Apostles, and in them to the Church, was, Matthew 28:20. “Lo I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.” The all-containing assurance goes beyond any particular promise of aid, as , “I will help you, and will protect you, so that your building shall have its completion.” This is one fruit of it , “since I am in the midst of you, no one shall be able to hinder your building.” But, more widely, the words bespeak “His” presence in love, who knows all our needs, and is Almighty to support and save us in all. So David says Psalms 23:4, “when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me:” and God says by another Psalms 91:15, I will be “with him in trouble,” and by Isaiah Isaiah 43:2, “When thou passest through the waters,” I will be “with thee.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Haggai 1:13. Then spake Haggai — He was the Lord's messenger, and he came with the Lord's message, and consequently he came with authority. He is called מלאך יהוה malach Yehovah, the angel of Jehovah, just as the pastors of the seven Asiatic churches are called ANGELS of the Churches, Revelation 1:20.

I am with you, saith the Lord. — Here was high encouragement. What may not a man do when God is his helper?