Haggai 1:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 1:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Haggai 1:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Haggai 1:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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 1:6 — World English Bible
Haggai 1:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 1:6 — American Standard Version
Haggai 1:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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 1:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Haggai 1:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but are not satisfied; ye drink, but are not filled with drink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages for a bag with holes. ”
Haggai 1:6 — Darby Translation
Haggai 1:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Ye haue sowen much, and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.”
Haggai 1:6 — Geneva Bible
Haggai 1:6 in Context — Haggai 1
4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord 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.
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.
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What Does Haggai 1:6 Mean?
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