Haggai 1:10
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Haggai 1:10 in other translations
| BSB | Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. |
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| WEB | Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. |
| ASV | Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit. |
| YLT | Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase. |
| DARBY | Therefore over you the heavens withhold their dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit. |
| BBE | For this cause the heaven over you is kept from giving dew, and the earth from giving her fruit. |
| Webster | Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. |
What does Haggai 1:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Haggai 1:1-11
Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a storm, yet they must go back to it. They did not say that they would not build a temple, but, Not yet. Thus men do not say they will never repent and reform, and be religious, but, Not yet. And so the great business we were sent into the world to do, is not done. There is a proneness…
Haggai 1:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Haggai 1:10
- 1 Kings 8:35
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
- Leviticus 26:19
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
- 1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
- Deuteronomy 28:23-24
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
- Joel 1:18-20
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
- Hosea 2:9
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
- Jeremiah 14:1-6
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. …
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Joe 1:18-20
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Context
- Haggai 1:9
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.
- Haggai 1:10
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
- Haggai 1:11
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Haggai 1:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por eso se detuvo de los cielos sobre vosotros la lluvia, y la tierra detuvo sus frutos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | C’est pourquoi au-dessus de vous les cieux ont retenu la rosée, et la terre a retenu son produit; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Darum hat der Himmel den Tau über euch zurückgehalten, und die Erde ihren Ertrag zurückgehalten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Propter hoc super vos prohibiti sunt cæli ne darent rorem, et terra prohibita est ne daret germen suum: |