Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. New Living Translation It’s because of you that the heavens withhold the dew and the earth produces no crops. English Standard Version Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. Berean Standard Bible Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. King James Bible Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. New King James Version Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. New American Standard Bible Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. NASB 1995 “Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce. NASB 1977 “Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore, because of you the sky has restrained its dew and the earth has restrained its produce. Amplified Bible Therefore, because of you [that is, your sin and disobedience] the heavens withhold the dew and the earth withholds its produce. Christian Standard Bible So on your account, the skies have withheld the dew and the land its crops. Holman Christian Standard Bible So on your account, the skies have withheld the dew and the land its crops. American Standard Version Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because of you the heavens have been restrained from dew and the Earth withholds its fruit Brenton Septuagint Translation therefore shall the sky withhold dew, and the earth shall keep back her produce. Contemporary English Version That's also why the dew doesn't fall and your harvest fails. Douay-Rheims Bible Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits: English Revised Version Therefore for your sake the heaven is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. GOD'S WORD® Translation It is because of you that the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce. Good News Translation That is why there is no rain and nothing can grow. International Standard Version That is why the heavens keep withholding dew from you, and the earth withholds her fruit. JPS Tanakh 1917 Therefore over you the heaven hath kept back, so that there is no dew, and the earth hath kept back her produce. Literal Standard Version Therefore, over you the heavens have refrained from dew, | And the land has refrained its increase. Majority Standard Bible Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. New American Bible Therefore, the heavens withheld the dew, and the earth its yield. NET Bible This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce. New Revised Standard Version Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. New Heart English Bible Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. Webster's Bible Translation Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. World English Bible Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. Young's Literal Translation Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Call to Rebuild the Temple…9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house. 10Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. 11I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”… Cross References Deuteronomy 28:23 The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. Deuteronomy 28:24 The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As surely as the LORD lives--the God of Israel before whom I stand--there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!" Joel 1:18 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. Haggai 1:6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through." Treasury of Scripture Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. Leviticus 26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: Deuteronomy 28:23,24 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron… 1 Kings 8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: Jump to Previous Cause Crops Dew Earth Fruit Heaven Heavens Increase Kept Produce Refrained Sake Sky Withheld Withhold Withholdeth WithholdsJump to Next Cause Crops Dew Earth Fruit Heaven Heavens Increase Kept Produce Refrained Sake Sky Withheld Withhold Withholdeth WithholdsHaggai 1 1. The time when Haggai prophesied.2. He reproves the people for neglecting the building of the house. 7. He incites them to the building. 12. He promises them, being forward, God's assistance. (10) Over you.--Better, on your account.--Scil., because of the neglect of God's House, mentioned in Haggai 1:9.Verse 10. - Over you. This would be a reference to Deuteronomy 28:23. But the preposition is probably not local, but means rather, "on your account," i.e. on account of your sin, as Psalm 44:22. This is not tautological after the preceding "therefore," but more closely defines and explains the illative. Is stayed from dew; hath stayed itself from dew; withholds not only rain, but even dew (comp. Zechariah 8:12). On the importance of dew in the climate of Palestine, see note on Micah 5:7. The dews generally are remarkably heavy, and in the summer months take the place of rain. Dr. Thomson speaks of the dew rolling in the morning off his tent like rain ('Land and the Book,' p. 491). The earth is stayed from her fruit; hath stayed her fruit; according to the threat (Deuteronomy 11:17). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Therefore,עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against on account of you עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם (‘ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the heavens שָמַ֖יִם (šā·ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky have withheld כָּלְא֥וּ (kā·lə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3607: To shut up, restrain, withhold their dew מִטָּ֑ל (miṭ·ṭāl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2919: Night mist, dew and the earth וְהָאָ֖רֶץ (wə·hā·’ā·reṣ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land has withheld כָּלְאָ֥ה (kā·lə·’āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3607: To shut up, restrain, withhold its crops. יְבוּלָֽהּ׃ (yə·ḇū·lāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 2981: Produce, a crop, wealth Links Haggai 1:10 NIVHaggai 1:10 NLT Haggai 1:10 ESV Haggai 1:10 NASB Haggai 1:10 KJV Haggai 1:10 BibleApps.com Haggai 1:10 Biblia Paralela Haggai 1:10 Chinese Bible Haggai 1:10 French Bible Haggai 1:10 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Haggai 1:10 Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold (Hagg. 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