Haggai 2:19
What does Haggai 2:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Haggai 2:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Haggai 2:19 means
God asks, Is the seed still in the barn? The vine, fig, pomegranate, and olive have not yet borne. In other words, there is no visible reason yet to expect a good harvest. Nevertheless, God pledges, From this day I will bless you. Blessing begins by God’s word before it appears in the field. The people are called to trust His promise amid barrenness. As obedience is restored, the curse is lifted, and fruitfulness will follow in due time. This is not a formula but a covenant mercy: God delights to affirm His favor when His people return to His priorities. Expectation now rests on His faithfulness.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth; from this day will I bless you.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Is 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth; from this day will I bless you.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Is the seed still in the store-house? have the vine and the fig-tree, the pomegranate and the olive-tree, still not given their fruit? from this day I will send my blessing on you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Is the seed yet in the barn? And hitherto the vine and the fig, And the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, Have not borne--from this day I bless.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth: from this day will I bless [you].
Context
This verse concludes the second oracle. It seals the turning point marked in verse 18 with a clear, forward-looking promise. The structure has moved from legal instruction (verses 11–14), to reflective remembrance (verses 15–17), to dated commitment and blessing (verses 18–19). With blessing pledged, the chapter will pivot in verse 20 to a third message on the same day, now directed personally to Zerubbabel. That final oracle will zoom out again to global upheaval and God’s choice of His servant, assuring the leader of God’s sovereign purposes amid political instability.
v.18Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Jehovah’s temple was laid, consider it.
v.19This passage
v.20And the word of Jehovah came the second time unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 84:12
O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
- Psalms 128:1
Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.
- Genesis 26:12
And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold: and Jehovah blessed him.
- Zechariah 8:11
But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- Deuteronomy 28:2
and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.
- Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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