15" 'Now give careful thought to this from this day on -consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the Lord 's temple.


In Context

12 If a person carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, oil or other food, does it become consecrated?' " The priests answered, "No."

13 Then Haggai said, "If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?" "Yes," the priests replied, "it becomes defiled."

14 Then Haggai said, " 'So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,' declares the Lord . 'Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.

15 " 'Now give careful thought to this from this day on -consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the Lord 's temple.

16 When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.

17 I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not turn to me,' declares the Lord .

Haggai 2:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of the LORD:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And now consider in your hearts, from this day and upward, before there was a stone laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and onward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And now, lay it, I pray you, to your heart, From this day, and onwards, Before the laying of stone to stone in the temple of Jehovah.