Haggai 2:18

‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh’s temple was laid, consider it.

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WEBBE

‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.

BSB

Consider carefully from this day forward — from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid — consider carefully:

KJV

Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD’S temple was laid, consider it.

ASV

Consider, 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.

BBE

And now, give thought; looking on from this day, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the time when the base of the Lord's house was put in its place, give thought to it.

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שִׂימוּ־ si·mu- set H7760 נָא na' please H4994 לְבַבְכֶם le·vav·khem heart your H3824 מִן־ min- from H4480 הַיּוֹם hai·yom the day H3117 הַזֶּה ha·zeh (the) this H2088 וָמָעְלָה va·ma·'e·lah and up -wards H4605 מִיּוֹם mi·yom from day H3117 עֶשְׂרִים 'es·rim twenty H6242 וְאַרְבָּעָה ve·'ar·ba·'ah and four H702 לַתְּשִׁיעִי la·te·shi·'i of the ninth [month] H8671 לְמִן־ le·min- (to) from H4480 הַיּוֹם hai·yom the day H3117 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- when H834 יֻסַּד yu·sad it was founded H3245 הֵיכַל־ hei·khal- [the] temple of H1964 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 שִׂימוּ si·mu set H7760 לְבַבְכֶם le·vav·khem heart your H3824

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–19

Many spoiled this good work, by going about it with unholy hearts and hands, and were likely to gain no advantage by it. The sum of these two rules of the law is, that sin is more easily learned from others than holiness. The impurity of their hearts and lives shall make the work of their hands, and all their offerings, unclean before God. The case is the same with us. When employed in any good work, we should watch over ourselves, lest we render it unclean by our corruptions. When we begin to make conscience of duty to God, we may expect his blessing; and whoso is wise will understand the loving-kindness of the Lord. God will curse the blessings of the wicked, and make bitter the prosperity of the careless; but he will sweeten the cup of affliction to those who diligently serve him.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.