Haggai 1:9 - Modern English Version

⁹ You looked for much, and it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of Hosts. Because of My house that lies in ruins while each of you runs to 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

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David called upon the Lord. The Lord said, “There is blood guilt upon Saul and upon his house because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

2 Samuel 22:16

The channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were exposed with the rebuke of the Lord, from the blast of breath from His nostrils.

2 Kings 19:7

Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he will hear a report and return to his own land. Then I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.’ ”

Job 10:2

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

Proverbs 11:24

One gives freely, and yet increases; another withholds what is due, but only suffers want.

Proverbs 27:20

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

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All matters are wearisome. A person is not able to speak to them. The eye is not satisfied with what it sees, and the ear is not content with what it hears.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, the flower fades because the Spirit of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass.

Isaiah 5:10

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the homer of seed shall yield one ephah.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat, but reap thorns; they have strained themselves, but shall not profit. And they shall be ashamed of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

Ezekiel 21:31

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 cruel men, skilled in destruction.

Leviticus 19:25

And in the fifth year you shall eat of the fruit that it may yield an increase to you: I am the Lord your God.

Haggai 1:4

Is it time for you yourselves to live in paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not 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.

Malachi 2:2

If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart to give honor to My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse on you and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will carry a lot of seed out into the field but will gather but little in, for the locust will consume it.

Revelation 2:4

“But I have something against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

Revelation 3:19

“Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent.