KJV King James Version
Since those [days] were, when [one] came to an heap of twenty [measures], there were [but] ten: when [one] came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty [vessels] out of the press, there were [but] twenty.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Haggai 2:16
Since those [days] were, when [one] came to an heap of twenty [measures], there were [but] ten: when [one] came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty [vessels] out of the press, there were [but] twenty.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.
ASV American Standard Version
Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
From that time one hath come to a heap of twenty, And it hath been ten, He hath come unto the wine-fat to draw out fifty purahs, And it hath been twenty.
Surrounding context — Haggai 2
13 Then said Haggai, If [one that is] unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So [is] this people, and so [is] this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so [is] every work of their hands; and that which they offer there [is] unclean.
15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
16 Since those [days] were, when [one] came to an heap of twenty [measures], there were [but] ten: when [one] came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty [vessels] out of the press, there were [but] twenty.
17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith the LORD.
18 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].
19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless [you].
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מִֽהְיוֹתָ֥םH1961 · ha.yahto beבָּא֙H935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)עֲרֵמַ֣תH6194 · a.re.mahheapעֶשְׂרִ֔יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyוְהָיְתָ֖הH1961 · ha.yahto beעֲשָׂרָ֑הH6235 · e.sertenבָּ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַיֶּ֗קֶבH3342 · ye.qevwineלַחְשֹׂף֙H2834 · cha.saphto stripחֲמִשִּׁ֣יםH2572 · cha.mish.shimfiftyפּוּרָ֔הH6333 · pu.rahwinepressוְהָיְתָ֖הH1961 · ha.yahto beעֶשְׂרִֽים׃H6242 · es.rimtwenty
Cross-references
Haggai 1:6Ye 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.Proverbs 3:9-10Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:Zechariah 8:10-12For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither [was there any] peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.Haggai 1:9-11Ye 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.Malachi 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.
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