Haggai 2:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ 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 –

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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.

Haggai 2:16 Cross References

Isaiah 5:10

“For ten acres of vineyard yield one bath, and a ḥomer of seed yields one ĕphah.”

Jeremiah 48:33

“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!

Haggai 1:6

“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.”

Haggai 2:15

But now, please consider, from this day onward: Before a stone was laid on a stone in the Hĕḵal of יהוה,

Haggai 2:17

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.

Malachi 2:2

“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.