Parallel Verses
NET Bible
This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore, because of you the
King James Version
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Holman Bible
the skies have withheld the dew
and the land its crops.
International Standard Version
That is why the heavens keep withholding dew from you, and the earth withholds her fruit.
A Conservative Version
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
American Standard Version
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
Amplified
Therefore, because of you [that is, your sin and disobedience] the heavens withhold the dew and the earth withholds its produce.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause the heaven over you is kept from giving dew, and the earth from giving her fruit.
Darby Translation
Therefore over you the heavens withhold their dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
Julia Smith Translation
For this the heavens over you were shut up from dew, and the earth withheld her produce.
King James 2000
Therefore the heavens over you withholds the dew, and the earth withholds her fruit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore, because of you [the] heavens have withheld [the] dew and the earth has withheld its produce.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore the heavens above you have held back the dew, and the earth is held back from her produce.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore the heaven is forbidden to give you any dew, and the earth is forbidden to give you increase.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore - on your account, have the heavens, held back, dew, - and, the earth, held back her fruit;
Webster
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
World English Bible
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.
Themes
Fruits » Often destroyed » By drought
Parsimony (stinginess) » Punishment of
The Second Temple » The jews punished for not persevering in building
Interlinear
Kala'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Haggai 1:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Temple Lies In Ruins
9 You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?' asks the Lord who rules over all. 'Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house! 10 This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce. 11 Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.'"
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:19
I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.
Deuteronomy 28:23-24
The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.
1 Kings 8:35
"The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,
1 Kings 17:1
Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command."
Joel 1:18-20
Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
Jeremiah 14:1-6
The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.
Hosea 2:9
Therefore, I will take back my grain during the harvest time and my new wine when it ripens; I will take away my wool and my flax which I had provided in order to clothe her.