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You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/haggai/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes! <a href="/esv/haggai/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes. <a href="/bsb/haggai/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/kjv/haggai/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/haggai/1.htm">New King James Version</a> “You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.” <a href="/nasb_/haggai/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> You have sown much, only to harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but there is not enough for anyone to get warm; and the one who earns, earns wages to put into a money bag full of holes.” <a href="/nasb/haggai/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/haggai/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes.” <a href="/lsb/haggai/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You have sown much, but bring in little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.” <a href="/amp/haggai/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You have planted much, but you harvest little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have enough to be intoxicated; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns wages earns them just to put them in a bag with holes in it [because God has withheld His blessing].” <a href="/csb/haggai/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be happy. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.” <a href="/hcsb/haggai/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to become drunk. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.&#8221 <a href="/asv/haggai/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/haggai/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You harvest less than you plant, you never have enough to eat or drink, your clothes don't keep you warm, and your wages are stored in bags full of holes. <a href="/erv/haggai/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/haggai/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You planted a lot, but you harvested little. You eat, but you're never full. You drink, but you're still thirsty.?wine[ to drink but not enough to become drunk."> You wear clothing, but you never have enough to keep you warm. You spend money as fast as you earn it.] <a href="/gnt/haggai/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> You have planted much grain, but have harvested very little. You have food to eat, but not enough to make you full. You have wine to drink, but not enough to get drunk on! You have clothing, but not enough to keep you warm. And workers cannot earn enough to live on. <a href="/isv/haggai/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> You have sowed much but have reaped little. You have eaten but don't have enough to become satisfied. You have drunk but don't have enough to become intoxicated. You have clothed yourself but don't have enough to keep warm. And the hired laborer deposits his salary in a bag full of holes!'" <a href="/msb/haggai/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/haggai/1.htm">NET Bible</a> You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.'" <a href="/nheb/haggai/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you do not 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." <a href="/wbt/haggai/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. <a href="/web/haggai/1.htm">World English Bible</a> 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.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/haggai/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> You have sown much, and brought in little, "" To eat, and not to satiety, "" To drink, and not to drunkenness, "" To clothe, and none has heat, "" And he who is hiring himself out, "" Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through.” <a href="/ylt/haggai/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/haggai/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Ye sowed much and brought in little; eating and not being satisfied; ye drank, and not drinking to the full; putting on clothing, and not being warm to him; and he hiring out, hires out for a purse perforated.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/haggai/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes. <a href="/cpdv/haggai/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You sowed much and have brought in little. You consumed and have not been satisfied. You drank and have not been inebriated. You covered yourselves and have not been warmed. And whoever gathered wages, has put them in a bag with holes. <a href="/nabre/haggai/1.htm">New American Bible</a> You have sown much, but have brought in little; you have eaten, but have not been satisfied; You have drunk, but have not become intoxicated; you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed; And the hired worker labors for a bag full of holes. <a href="/nrsvce/haggai/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/haggai/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> You have sown much and stored little: you eat, but you never are satisfied; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but you are not warm; and he who trades among you, earns wages to put it into a bag with holes. <a href="/hpbt/haggai/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> For you sow much and you gather a little, and you eat and you are not full, and you drink and you are not drunk, and you are clothed and you are not warm, and he who is hired among you is hired for a money bag with holes”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/haggai/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Ye have sown much, and brought 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 For a bag with holes. <a href="/sep/haggai/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Ye have sown much, but brought in little; ye have eaten, and are not satisfied; ye have drunk, and are not satisfied with drink, ye have clothed yourselves, and have not become warm thereby: and he that earns wages has gathered them into a bag full of holes. <a href="/parallel/haggai/1-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E3FsGMCt5I0?start=46" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/haggai/1.htm">A Call to Rebuild the Temple</a> …5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. 6<a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: zə·ra‘·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify.">You have planted</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: har·bêh (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">much</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·hā·ḇê (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">but harvested</a> <a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592: mə·‘āṭ (Adv) -- A little, fewness, a few. Or miat; from ma'at; a little or few.">little.</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ā·ḵō·wl (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">You eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">but never</a> <a href="/hebrew/7654.htm" title="7654: lə·śā·ḇə·‘āh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Satiety. Feminine of soba'; satiety.">have enough.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: šā·ṯōw (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">You drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">but never</a> <a href="/hebrew/7937.htm" title="7937: lə·šā·ḵə·rāh (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or influence.">have your fill.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3847.htm" title="3847: lā·ḇō·wōš (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- Or labesh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. to put on a garment or clothe, literally or figuratively.">You put on clothes</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">but never</a> <a href="/hebrew/2552.htm" title="2552: lə·ḥōm (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To be or become warm. A primitive root; to be hot.">get warm.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7936.htm" title="7936: wə·ham·miś·tak·kêr (Conj-w, Art:: V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-ms) -- Or cakar; a primitive root (by prosthesis) to karah through the idea of temporary purchase; compare shakar); to hire.">You earn wages</a> <a href="/hebrew/7936.htm" title="7936: miś·tak·kêr (V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-ms) -- Or cakar; a primitive root (by prosthesis) to karah through the idea of temporary purchase; compare shakar); to hire."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to put into</a> <a href="/hebrew/6872.htm" title="6872: ṣə·rō·wr (N-ms) -- A parcel, a kernel, particle. Or tsror; from tsarar; a parcel; also a kernel or particle.">a bag</a> <a href="/hebrew/5344.htm" title="5344: nā·qūḇ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To puncture. A primitive root; to puncture, literally or figuratively.">pierced through.”</a> 7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Deuteronomy 28:38-40</a> You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it. / You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. / You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off. <a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14-15</a> You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword. / You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine. <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a> When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied. <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Isaiah 55:2</a> Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Jeremiah 12:13</a> They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.” <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-9</a> “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ... <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10-11</a> Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. / I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/proverbs/11-24.htm">Proverbs 11:24</a> One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10</a> He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. <a href="/isaiah/5-10.htm">Isaiah 5:10</a> For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.” <a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33-34</a> Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. <a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a> Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-12.htm">1 Corinthians 3:12-15</a> If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, / his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. / If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. ... <a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6</a> Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes.have.<a href="/haggai/1-9.htm">Haggai 1:9</a> Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.<a href="/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16</a> 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.<a href="/leviticus/26-20.htm">Leviticus 26:20</a> And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.eat.<a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a> And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.<a href="/1_kings/17-12.htm">1 Kings 17:12</a> And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.<a href="/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22</a> In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.with holes.<a href="/job/20-28.htm">Job 20:28</a> The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.<a href="/zechariah/5-4.htm">Zechariah 5:4</a> I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/micah/6-11.htm">Bag</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-8.htm">Clothe</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-8.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm">Earneth</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm">Earns</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-3.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Holes</a> <a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Little</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Purse</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-5.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/nahum/1-14.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Wages</a> <a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Warm</a> <a href="/haggai/1-4.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/10-10.htm">Bag</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-4.htm">Clothe</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-4.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-6.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm">Earneth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-15.htm">Earns</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-6.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-10.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/haggai/2-7.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/matthew/9-37.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-12.htm">Holes</a> <a href="/haggai/1-9.htm">Little</a> <a href="/mark/6-8.htm">Purse</a> <a href="/matthew/5-6.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/matthew/13-8.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-10.htm">Wages</a> <a href="/luke/8-40.htm">Warm</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-5.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Haggai 1</div>1. <a href="/haggai/1-1.htm">The time when Haggai prophesied.</a> 2. <a href="/haggai/1-2.htm">He reproves the people for neglecting the building of the house.</a> 7. <a href="/haggai/1-7.htm">He incites them to the building.</a> 12. <a href="/haggai/1-12.htm">He promises them, being forward, God's assistance.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/haggai/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/haggai/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/haggai/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>You have planted much but harvested little. This phrase reflects the agricultural context of ancient Israel, where farming was a primary occupation. The Israelites had returned from Babylonian exile and were focused on rebuilding their lives, including their agricultural activities. However, despite their efforts, their harvests were meager. This can be seen as a divine response to their misplaced priorities, as they neglected the rebuilding of the Lord's temple (<a href="/haggai/1-2.htm">Haggai 1:2-4</a>). The lack of harvest is reminiscent of the covenant curses in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Deuteronomy 28:38</a>, where disobedience leads to agricultural failure. It serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of the need to prioritize God's work.You eat but never have enough. This phrase highlights the theme of dissatisfaction and unfulfilled needs. Despite having food, the people remain hungry, symbolizing a deeper spiritual hunger. This reflects the consequences of neglecting God's commands and the futility of seeking satisfaction apart from Him. It echoes the warnings in <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a>, where disobedience results in scarcity. The spiritual lesson is that true fulfillment comes from aligning with God's will, as seen in <a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a>, where seeking God's kingdom first leads to all other needs being met.You drink but never have your fill. The imagery of drinking without satisfaction underscores the theme of unfulfilled desires. In the arid climate of the Near East, water was a precious resource, and the inability to quench thirst signifies a deeper spiritual drought. This can be connected to <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a>, where God is described as the "fountain of living waters," and turning away from Him leads to spiritual thirst. The phrase also foreshadows the living water offered by Jesus in <a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13-14</a>, which alone can satisfy the soul's deepest thirst.You put on clothes but never get warm. This phrase illustrates the inadequacy of material provisions to meet basic needs. Clothing, a fundamental necessity, fails to provide warmth, symbolizing the insufficiency of human efforts without divine blessing. It reflects the broader theme of futility found in <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10</a>, where material wealth cannot satisfy. The imagery also points to the need for spiritual covering, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a>, where God provides garments of salvation and righteousness.You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through. The metaphor of a bag with holes represents the futility of labor without God's blessing. Despite earning wages, the people find their resources slipping away, highlighting the transient nature of material wealth. This echoes the warnings in <a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8-11</a> about robbing God through neglect of tithes and offerings, resulting in financial loss. The phrase serves as a call to prioritize God's work and trust in His provision, as seen in <a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a>, where God promises to supply all needs according to His riches in glory.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/haggai.htm">Haggai</a> A prophet sent by God to encourage the Israelites to rebuild the temple after their return from Babylonian exile. 2. <a href="/topical/z/zerubbabel.htm">Zerubbabel</a> The governor of Judah during the time of Haggai, tasked with leading the rebuilding efforts. 3. <a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a> The high priest who worked alongside Zerubbabel in the temple reconstruction. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The people of Judah who returned from exile and were struggling with prioritizing their own needs over God's commands. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where the temple was to be rebuilt, symbolizing the center of worship and God's presence among His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/p/prioritizing_god's_work.htm">Prioritizing God's Work</a> The Israelites' neglect of the temple led to unfulfilled lives. We must prioritize God's kingdom in our lives to experience true fulfillment. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> Just as the Israelites faced scarcity due to their disobedience, we too may face spiritual or material lack when we ignore God's commands. <a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_self-sufficiency.htm">The Illusion of Self-Sufficiency</a> The Israelites' efforts to satisfy their needs without God led to emptiness. True satisfaction comes from aligning our lives with God's will. <a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_our_priorities.htm">Reflecting on Our Priorities</a> Like the Israelites, we must regularly assess whether our priorities align with God's purposes and make necessary adjustments. <a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_provision.htm">Trusting in God's Provision</a> When we put God first, He promises to meet our needs, as seen in the broader biblical account.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_haggai_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Haggai 1</a> <a href="/q/why_prioritize_homes_over_the_temple.htm">Why prioritize homes over rebuilding the temple?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_haggai_1_4's_temple_rebuild_urgent.htm">Why does the command to rebuild the Temple (Haggai 1:4) seem urgent here, while other biblical passages suggest a more prolonged period of delay and opposition? </a> <a href="/q/why_no_change_in_judah_after_haggai_2_19.htm">Haggai 2:19 promises a sudden blessing—why don’t contemporary records show any remarkable change in Judah’s fortunes? </a> <a href="/q/what's_haggai's_main_message.htm">What is the main message of the Book of Haggai?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/haggai/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) Ye have sown much . . .--Literally, Ye have been sowing much and bringing in little; eating, and it was not to satisfaction; drinking, and it was not to fulness; clothing yourselves, and it was not for any one's being warm, &c. This description of course merely implies that, notwithstanding all their labours, there was not much to eat, drink, or put on. Compare the use of the phrase "ye shall eat and not be satisfied," in <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm" title="And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.">Leviticus 26:26</a>.To put it into a bag with holes.--The last clause expresses in a bold metaphor the general prevalence of poverty. Scarcity necessitated high prices, so that money "ran away" as fast as it was earned.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/haggai/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - Their labours for years past had lacked the Divine blessing. Though they had fine houses to dwell in, they had been visited with scanty harvests and weak bodily health. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; but to bring in little (Hebrew). And this infinitive absolute is continued in the following clauses, giving remarkable force to the words, and expressing an habitual result. We see from <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15-17</a> that these unfruitful seasons had visited them during all the continuance of their negligence (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Deuteronomy 28:38</a>). But ye have not enough. The food which they ate did not satisfy them; their bodies were sickly and derived no strength from the food which they took (<a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a>; <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10</a>) or from the wine which they drank (see note on Micah 6:14). But there is none warm. Perhaps the winters were unusually rigorous, or their infirm health made their usual clothing insufficient to maintain their bodily heat. To put it into a bag with holes. A proverbial saying. The money gained by the hired labourer vanished as if he had never had it, and left no trace of benefit. Comp. Plaut.,'Pseudol.' 1, 3, 150 - "In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium; operam ludimus." <a href="/commentaries/haggai/1-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You have planted זְרַעְתֶּ֨ם (zə·ra‘·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2232.htm">Strong's 2232: </a> To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify much הַרְבֵּ֜ה (har·bêh) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> To be or become much, many or great but harvested וְהָבֵ֣א (wə·hā·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go little. מְעָ֗ט (mə·‘āṭ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4592.htm">Strong's 4592: </a> A little, fewness, a few You eat אָכ֤וֹל (’ā·ḵō·wl) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat but never וְאֵין־ (wə·’ên-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle have enough. לְשָׂבְעָה֙ (lə·śā·ḇə·‘āh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7654.htm">Strong's 7654: </a> Satiety You drink שָׁת֣וֹ (šā·ṯōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe but never וְאֵין־ (wə·’ên-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle have your fill. לְשָׁכְרָ֔ה (lə·šā·ḵə·rāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7937.htm">Strong's 7937: </a> To become tipsy, to satiate with a, stimulating drink, influence You put on clothes לָב֖וֹשׁ (lā·ḇō·wōš) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3847.htm">Strong's 3847: </a> Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe but never וְאֵין־ (wə·’ên-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle get warm. לְחֹ֣ם (lə·ḥōm) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2527.htm">Strong's 2527: </a> Heat You earn wages וְהַ֨מִּשְׂתַּכֵּ֔ר (wə·ham·miś·tak·kêr) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7936.htm">Strong's 7936: </a> To hire to put into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to a bag צְר֥וֹר (ṣə·rō·wr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6872.htm">Strong's 6872: </a> A parcel, a kernel, particle pierced through.” נָקֽוּב׃ (nā·qūḇ) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5344.htm">Strong's 5344: </a> To puncture <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">OT Prophets: Haggai 1:6 You have sown much and bring (Hagg. 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