“For ten acres of vineyard yield one bath, and a ḥomer of seed yields one ĕphah.”
Haggai 2:16 - The Scriptures 2009 since those days – one came to a heap of twenty ĕphahs, and there were ten; one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths from the press, and there were twenty – Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Through all that time [the harvests have not fulfilled expectations, for] when one has gone expecting to find a heap [of sheaves] of twenty measures, there were but ten; when he has gone to the wine vat to draw out fifty bucketfuls from the press, there were only twenty. American Standard Version (1901) Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty. Common English Bible when one came to the granary for twenty measures, there were only ten; and when one came to the wine vat for fifty measures, there were only twenty. Catholic Public Domain Version And now, consider in your hearts, from this day and beyond, before stone may be placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now consider in your hearts, from this day and upward, before there was a stone laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord. |
“For ten acres of vineyard yield one bath, and a ḥomer of seed yields one ĕphah.”
“Joy and gladness have been taken away from the orchard and from the land of Mo’aḇ. And I have made wine to cease from the winepresses. No one treads with shouting – the shouting is no shouting!
“You have sown much, but brought in little; eat, but do not have enough; drink, but you are not filled with drink; clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
But now, please consider, from this day onward: Before a stone was laid on a stone in the Hĕḵal of יהוה,
I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labours of your hands, and there was none of you with Me,’ declares יהוה.
“If you do not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give esteem to My Name,” said יהוה of hosts, “I shall send a curse upon you, and I shall curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed them, because you do not take it to heart.