Passage

Haggai 1.4

Book: Haggai · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

2. Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built. 3. Then came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,

4. Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?

Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways. 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 1:2-6, ASV)

WEB

2. “This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for Yahweh’s house to be built.’” 3. Then Yahweh’s word came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,

4. “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?

Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider your ways. 6. You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.” (Haggai 1:2-6, WEB)

KJV

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. 3. Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

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

Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. ^{Consider: Heb. Set your heart on your ways} 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. ^{with holes: Heb. pierced through} (Haggai 1:2-6, KJV)

YLT

2. Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people!, they have said, 'The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah [is] to be built.' 3. And there is a word of Jehovah by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:

4. Is it time for you, you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?

And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways. 6. Ye have sown much, and brought in little, To eat, and not to satiety, To drink, and not to drunkenness, To clothe, and none hath heat, And he who is hiring himself out, Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through. (Haggai 1:2-6, YLT)

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Setting

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Time period: TBD

Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Quoted in

Lexicon:

H6635 - tzevaot, via Haggai 1.2-9

Notes

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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