Haggai 2:6

“For thus says YHWH Tsevaot: ‘Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, and the sea and the dry land.”
Haggai 2:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹת‘Onceאַחַתmore,עוֹדin a little while,מְעַט הִיאIוַאֲנִיwill shakeמַרְעִישׁthe heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםand the earth,וְ הָאָרֶץand the seaוְ הַיָּםand the dry land.וְ הֶחָרָבָה

Quotation · Hebrews 12:26

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Hebrews quotes Haggai 2:6 abbreviated and adds “not only the earth but also heaven.”

Formula: λέγων “saying” (Hebrews 12:26)

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Greek of the New Testament: οὗ ἡ φωνὴ τὴν γῆν ἐσάλευσεν τότε νῦν δὲ ἐπήγγελται λέγων Ἔτι ἅπαξ ἐγὼ σείσω οὐ μόνον τὴν γῆν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν οὐρανόν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת עוֹד אַחַת מְעַט הִיא וַאֲנִי מַרְעִישׁ אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת הַיָּם וְאֶת הֶחָרָבָה

Septuagint (Haggai 2:6 in the Septuagint numbering): διότι λέγει Κύριος ΙΙαντοκράτωρ Ἔτι ἅπαξ ἐγὼ σείσω τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηράν,

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Haggai 2:6, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” appears

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

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‘Onceאַחַתachat

one

The number one; just one and no more.

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in a little whileמְעַטmeat

almost

A short while, or very nearly: barely, by a little.

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will shakeמַרְעִישׁmarish

quake

To rumble, like the earth or mountains.

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the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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and the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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and the seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

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and the dry landחָרָבָהcharava

dry ground

Dry land, solid ground.

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Translation note

Hebrews 12:26-27 quotes this verse.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Hebrews 12:26

Hebrews quotes Haggai 2:6 abbreviated and adds “not only the earth but also heaven.”

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Haggai 2:6

⁶For thus says YHWH Tsevaot: ‘Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, and the sea and the dry land.

Hebrews 12:26

²⁶His voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying: Yet once more I will make not only the earth but also heaven quake.

The context

5According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and my spirit remains in your midst; do not fear.’

6 · This verse (above)

7And I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says YHWH Tsevaot.

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