Haggai 2:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Haggai 2:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Haggai 2:16 is a verse from the book of Haggai in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat fo..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Haggai 2:16 — KJV
“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.”
— Haggai 2:16 (KJV)
Haggai 2:16 in Context — About the Book of Haggai
Haggai delivers four dated sermons to people who had stalled rebuilding God's temple for sixteen years while paneling their own houses. His challenge — give careful thought to your ways — reorders priorities, and God's response to renewed obedience is immediate: I am with you; from this day I will bless you.
Cross-References for Haggai 2:16
“And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.”
Shares key themes with Haggai 2:16: those, days, one
“Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;”
Shares key themes with Haggai 2:16: days, one, twenty
“And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. yea...: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel”
Shares key themes with Haggai 2:16: since, days, came
“So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.”
Shares key themes with Haggai 2:16: days, one, came
“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. chief: or, first”
Shares key themes with Haggai 2:16: days, one, came
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