KJV King James Version
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed [from] her fruit.
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Haggai 1:10
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed [from] her fruit.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
ASV American Standard Version
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.
Surrounding context — Haggai 1
7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
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.
9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, [it came] to little; and when ye brought [it] home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that [is] waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed [from] her fruit.
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon [that] which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
13 Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I [am] with you, saith the LORD.
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1 Kings 8:35When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:Leviticus 26:19And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:Deuteronomy 28:23-24And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that [is] under thee [shall be] iron.1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.Joel 1:18-20How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.Hosea 2:9Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax [given] to cover her nakedness.Jeremiah 14:1-6The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
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