Haggai 2:18

Wisdom

¹⁶ from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.

¹⁷ I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.

Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:

¹⁹ Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”

²⁰ For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
KJV: Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.
WEB: ‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.
ASV: Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month], since the day that the foundation of Jehovah`s temple was laid, consider it.
DARBY: Consider, I pray you, from this day and onward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month], from the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider [it].
BLB: Set now your⁺ heart from this day and onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth [month], from the day that the temple of YHWH was founded—set your⁺ heart!

ÅB: Gi da akt på tiden fra denne dag og tilbake, fra den fire og tyvende dag i den niende måned like til den dag da Herrens tempel ble grunnlagt! Gi akt!
OTB: ‘Fra denne dagen og framover, fra den tjuefjerde dagen i den niende måneden,
gi nøye akt på dagen da grunnvollen til Herrens tempel ble lagt.
Tenk over:
B1930: Gi da akt på tiden fra denne dag og tilbake, fra den fire og tyvende dag i den niende måned like til den dag da Herrens tempel blev grunnlagt! Gi akt!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Zechariah 8:9
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.
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Haggai 2:15
Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
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Ezra 5:1–2
Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
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Zechariah 8:12
“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
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Haggai 2:10
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
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Haggai 1:14–15
So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
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Luke 15:17–20
Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!
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