Verse 6

Haggai 1:6

English Revised Version

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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
זְרַעְתֶּ֨ם הַרְבֵּ֜ה וְ/הָבֵ֣א מְעָ֗ט אָכ֤וֹל וְ/אֵין לְ/שָׂבְעָה֙ שָׁת֣וֹ וְ/אֵין לְ/שָׁכְרָ֔ה לָב֖וֹשׁ וְ/אֵין לְ/חֹ֣ם ל֑/וֹ וְ/הַ֨/מִּשְׂתַּכֵּ֔ר מִשְׂתַּכֵּ֖ר אֶל צְר֥וֹר נָקֽוּב
English Translation
You have sown much but harvested little; you eat but are not satisfied; you drink but are not filled; you clothe yourselves but there is no warmth; and the hired worker receives his pay only to put it in a bag with holes.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the w... Focus ↗
2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the tim... Focus ↗
3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Focus ↗
4 Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your cieled houses, while this house lieth waste? Focus ↗
5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways, Focus ↗
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not fil...
7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. Focus ↗
8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I wi... Focus ↗
9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why... Focus ↗
10 Therefore for your sake the heaven is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. Focus ↗
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the wi... Focus ↗
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the... Focus ↗
13 Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I am with you,... Focus ↗
14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the sp... Focus ↗
15 in the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the kin... Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Haggai
Chapter
Chapter 1 (15 verses)
Version
English Revised Version
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