Haggai 1:7
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
Haggai 1:7 in other translations
| BSB | This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. |
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| WEB | “This is what the LORD of Armies says: ‘Consider your ways. |
| ASV | Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways. |
| YLT | Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways. |
| DARBY | Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways. |
| BBE | This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways. |
| Webster | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. |
What does Haggai 1:7 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…
Haggai 1:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Haggai 1:7
- Psalms 119:59-60
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
- Haggai 1:5
Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
- Philippians 3:1
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
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Context
- Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
- Haggai 1:7
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
- Haggai 1:8
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
Haggai 1:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Meditad sobre vuestros caminos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ainsi dit l’ Éternel des armées: Considérez bien vos voies: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | So spricht Jehova der Heerscharen: Richtet euer Herz auf eure Wege! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Ponite corda vestra super vias vestras; |