Haggai 2:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Haggai 2:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Haggai 2:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Haggai 2:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Haggai 2:16 — World English Bible

Haggai 2:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Haggai 2:16 — American Standard Version

Haggai 2:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“From that time <FI>one<Fi> 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.”

Haggai 2:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Haggai 2:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“— before those [days] were, when one came to a heap of twenty [measures], there were but ten; when one came to the vat to draw out fifty press-measures, there were but twenty. ”

Haggai 2:16 — Darby Translation

Haggai 2:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And nowe, I pray you, consider in your mindes: from this day, and afore, euen afore a stone was layde vpon a stone in the Temple of the Lord:”

Haggai 2:16 — Geneva Bible

Haggai 2:16 in Context — Haggai 2

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.

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What Does Haggai 2:16 Mean?

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