Haggai 2:1
What does Haggai 2:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Haggai 2:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Haggai 2:1 means
This opening timestamp anchors God’s message in real history. On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, Jehovah speaks again through Haggai. The date falls late in the harvest season and near the close of the Feast of Booths, when Israel remembered God’s past faithfulness in the wilderness. The people, freshly returned from exile, had restarted temple work but were battling discouragement. By noting the exact day, Scripture reminds us that God knows the seasons of our weariness and addresses us at the right moment. His word does not float above life; it meets leaders and laborers amid schedules, shortages, and sacred days to direct and steady their hands.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000In the seventhmonth, in the one and twentiethdayof the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
KJV
King James Version · 1611In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901In the seventhmonth, in the one and twentiethdayof the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862In the seventh <FI>month<Fi> , in the twenty and first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752In the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king, they began.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890In the seventh [month], on the one and twentieth [day] of the month, came the word of Jehovah by the prophet Haggai, saying,
Context
After chapter 1 stirred the people to resume building, some weeks have passed. The seventh month brings major festivals and fresh comparisons between the modest new work and Solomon’s former splendor. This verse introduces the first of three messages in this chapter. The audience is the same community, freshly engaged yet fragile in morale. What follows will speak directly to their discouragement and will offer divine promises to sustain the work. The next verses will name the leaders addressed and surface the very concern weighing on everyone’s mind: the temple looks insignificant compared to what once stood.
v.1This passage
v.2Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Haggai 1:15
in the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
- 2 Peter 1:21
For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
- Haggai 2:20
And the word of Jehovah came the second time unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
- Haggai 2:10
In the four and twentiethdayof the ninthmonth, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
- Haggai 1:1
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
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