Haggai 1 · Verse 13

Haggai 1:13

Then spake Haggai the Lord’s messenger in the Lord’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.
Haggai 1:13, King James Version

Haggai 1:13 in other translations

BSBHaggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.
WEBThen Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, spoke the LORD’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you,” says the LORD.
ASVThen spake Haggai Jehovah’s messenger in Jehovah’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.
YLTAnd Haggai, messenger of Jehovah, in messages of Jehovah, speaketh to the people, saying: ‘I am with you, an affirmation of Jehovah.'
DARBYThen spoke Haggai, Jehovah's messenger, in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.
BBEThen Haggai, whom the Lord had sent to give his words to the people, said, I am with you, says the Lord.
WebsterThen spoke Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message to the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

What does Haggai 1:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. the Lord's messenger--so the priests (Mal 2:7) are called (compare Ga 4:14; 2Pe 1:21). in the Lord's message--by the Lord's authority and commission: on the Lord's embassage. I am with you--(Mt 28:20). On the people showing the mere disposition to obey, even before they actually set to work, God passes at once from the reproving tone to that of tenderness. He hastens as it were to forget their former unfaithfulness, and to assure them, when obedient, that He both is and will be with them: Hebrew, "I with you!" God's presence is the best of blessings, for it includes all others. This is the sure guarantee of their success no matter how many their foes might be (Ro 8:31). Nothing more inspirits men and rouses them from torpor, than, when relying on the promises of divine aid, they have a sure hope of a successful issue [Calvin].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Then spake Haggai - He was the Lord's messenger, and he came with the Lord's message, and consequently he came with authority. He is called מלאך יהוה malach Yehovah, the angel of Jehovah, just as the pastors of the seven Asiatic churches are called Angels of the Churches, Rev 1:2. I am with you, saith the Lord - Here was high encouragement. What may not a man do when God is his helper?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Haggai 1:12-15

The people returned to God in the way of duty. In attending to God's ministers, we must have respect to him that sent them. The word of the Lord has success, when by his grace he stirs up our spirits to comply with it. It is in the day of Divine power we are made willing. When God has work to be done, he will either find or make men fit to do it. Every one helped, as his ability was; and this they did with a regard…

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Haggai 1:13 in the original Hebrew

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וַ֠יֹּאמֶרVai.yo.merand he saidH559
חַגַּ֞יcha.GaiHaggaiH2292
מַלְאַ֧ךְmal.'Akh[the] messenger ofH4397
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּמַלְאֲכ֥וּתbe.mal.'a.Khutby [the] message ofH4400
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לָעָ֣םla.'Amto the peopleH5971
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
אִתְּכֶ֖ם'i.te.Khem[am] with youH854
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Haggai 1:13

  • Isaiah 43:2

    When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

  • Matthew 28:20

    Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  • Malachi 3:1

    Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Romans 8:31

    What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  • Psalms 46:11

    The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

  • Haggai 2:4

    Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:

  • Acts 18:9-10

    Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

  • Isaiah 41:10

    Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

  • Jeremiah 30:11

    For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:8

    With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

  • Matthew 18:20

    For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

  • 2 Timothy 4:17

    Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Lord's.
Jud 2:1; *marg:
Isa 42:19; 44:26; Eze 3:17; Mal 2:7; 3:1; 2Co 5:20
I am.
2:4; 2Ch 15:2; 20:17; 32:8; Ps 46:7,11; Isa 8:8-10; 41:10; 43:2
Jer 15:20; 20:11; 30:11; Mt 1:23; 18:20; 28:20; Ac 18:9,10; Ro 8:31
2Ti 4:17,22

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Context

  • Haggai 1:12

    Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.

  • Haggai 1:13

    Then spake Haggai the Lord’s messenger in the Lord’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.

  • Haggai 1:14

    And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

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Haggai 1:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Haggeo, enviado de Jehová, habló por mandado de Jehová, al pueblo, diciendo: Yo soy con vosotros, dice Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Aggée, le messager de l’ Éternel, parla au peuple par le message de l’ Éternel, disant: Je suis avec vous, dit l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da sprach Haggai, der Bote Jehovas, vermöge der Botschaft Jehovas, zu dem Volke und sagte: Ich bin mit euch, spricht Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixit Aggæus, nuntius Domini de nuntiis Domini, populo dicens: Ego vobiscum sum, dicit Dominus.