Then the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: (NIV)
Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying (AMP)
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, (KJV)
"Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?" (NIV)
Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house [of the Lord] lies in ruins? (AMP)
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? (KJV)
Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways." (NIV)
Now therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways and set your mind on what has come to you. (AMP)
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. (KJV)
"You have planted much, but have harvested little. 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." (NIV)
You have sown much, but you have reaped little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages has earned them to put them in a bag with holes in it. (AMP)
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. (KJV)
This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways." (NIV)
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways (your previous and present conduct) and how you have fared. (AMP)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. (KJV)
"I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands." (NIV)
And I have called for a drought upon the land and the hill country, upon the grain, the fresh wine, the oil, upon what the ground brings forth, upon men and cattle, and upon all the [wearisome] toil of [men's] hands. (AMP)
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. (KJV)
On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month. In the second year of King Darius (NIV)
On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month. (AMP)
In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. (KJV)
Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD. (NIV)
Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people [who had returned from captivity], listened to and obeyed the voice of the Lord their God [not vaguely or partly, but completely, according to] the words of Haggai the prophet, since the Lord their God had sent him, and the people [reverently] feared and [worshipfully] turned to the Lord. (AMP)
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. (KJV)
Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. (NIV)
Therefore the heavens above you [for your sake] withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its produce. (AMP)
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. (KJV)
So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the LORD Almighty, their God (NIV)
And the Lord aroused the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, so that they came and labored on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God (AMP)
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, (KJV)