Haggai 2:5

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“This is the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit lived among you. ‘Don’t be afraid.’”

— WEB

“According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.”

— KJV

“[according to] the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit abode among you: fear ye not.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Exodus 29:45-46 "I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God."
Isaiah 41:13 "For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’"
Exodus 34:10 "He said, “Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any …"
Nehemiah 9:20 "You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst."
Zechariah 8:15 "so again I have thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid."
Zechariah 8:13 "It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall …"
Exodus 33:12-14 "Moses said to Yahweh, “Behold, you tell me, ‘Bring up this people:’ and you haven’t let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have …"
Acts 27:24 "saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’"

Commentary

According to the word that--literally, "(I am with you) the word (or thing) which I covenanted"; that is, I am with you as I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt (Exo 19:5-6; Exo 34:10-11). The covenant promise of God to the elect people at Sinai is an additional motive for their persevering. The Hebrew for to "covenant" is literally "to cut," alluding to the sacrificial victims cut in ratification of a covenant. so--or, "and." my Spirit remaineth among you--to strengthen you for the work (Hag 1:14; Zac 4:6). The inspiration of Haggai and Zechariah at this time was a specimen of the presence of God's Spirit remaining still with His people, as He had been with Moses and Israel of old (Ezr 5:1; Isa 63:11).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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