Haggai 1 · Verse 3

Haggai 1:3

Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Haggai 1:3, King James Version

Haggai 1:3 in other translations

BSBThen the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
WEBThen the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
ASVThen came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
YLTAnd there is a word of Jehovah by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
DARBYAnd the word of Jehovah came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
BBEThen the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
WebsterThen came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

What does Haggai 1:3 mean?

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…

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Haggai 1:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it cameH1961
דְּבַר\־de.var-[the] word ofH1697
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּיַד\־be.yad-by [the] hand ofH3027
חַגַּ֥יcha.GaiHaggaiH2292
הַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

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

Cross references for Haggai 1:3

  • Ezra 5:1

    Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

  • Zechariah 1:1

    In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
by Haggai.
Ezr 5:1; Zec 1:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Haggai 1:2

    Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.

  • Haggai 1:3

    Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

  • Haggai 1:4

    Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

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Haggai 1:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Fué pues palabra de Jehová por mano del profeta Haggeo, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la parole de l’ Éternel vint par Aggée le prophète, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Wort Jehovas geschah durch den Propheten Haggai also:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et factum est verbum Domini in manu Aggæi prophetæ, dicens: