# Haggai 1:6

> You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat but never have enough.
You drink but never have your fill.
You put on clothes but never get warm.
You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

— Haggai 1:6, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 520 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Haggai 1:1 dates itself to the day: the second year of King Darius, the sixth month, the first day. Four of the book's five messages carry their own date.

## Who ruled

- **Darius I**, king of Persia, 522-486 BC · Source: Behistun Inscription, written at his order in three languages; Herodotus III

## See also

- Haggai 1:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/9
- Deuteronomy 28:38-40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/28/38
- Hosea 4:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/4/10
- Hosea 8:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/8/7
- Haggai 2:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/16
- Malachi 3:9-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/malachi/3/9
- Malachi 2:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/malachi/2/2
- Isaiah 5:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/5/10

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).