For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an efah. *
Haggai 2:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an efah. *
Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Mo'av; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.*
Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of the LORD.
I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn't turn to me,' says the LORD.
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name,* says the LORD of Armies, *then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.