Haggai 1:9 - King James 2000

⁹ You looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I did blow it away. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is in ruins, and you run every man unto his own house.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ You looked for much [harvest], and behold, it came to little; and even when you brought that home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because of My house, which lies waste while you yourselves run each man to his own house [eager to build and adorn it].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.

Common English Bible

⁹ You expect a surplus, but look how it shrinks. You bring it home, and I blow it away, says the LORD of heavenly forces, because my house lies in ruins. But all of you hurry to your own houses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ You have looked for more, and behold, it became less, and you brought it home, and I blew it away. What is the cause of this, says the Lord of hosts? It is because my house is desolate, yet you have hurried, each one to his own house.

Haggai 1:9 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 21:1

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

2 Samuel 22:16

And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

2 Kings 19:7

Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

Job 10:2

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me.

Proverbs 11:24

There is one that scatters, and yet increases; and there is one that withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are full of weariness; man cannot express it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, the flower fades: because the breath of the LORD blows upon it: surely the people are grass.

Isaiah 5:10

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Ezekiel 21:31

And I will pour out my indignation upon you, I will blow against you in the fire of my wrath, and deliver you into the hand of brutal men, skilful to destroy.

Leviticus 19:25

And in the fifth year shall you eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you its increase: I am the LORD your God.

Haggai 1:4

Is it time for you, yourselves, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie in ruins?

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Malachi 2:2

If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

Revelation 2:4

Nevertheless I have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love.

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.