What Does Haggai 1:13 Mean in the King James?
Then spake Haggai the LORD’s messenger in the LORD’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Hebrew frames “I am with you” between “he said” and “saying,” so presence reaches you as spoken assurance.
THE MEANING
The LORD’s message names the LORD’s presence directly: “I am with you.” You receive the promise as speech addressed to you, not as a conclusion you must reach from your circumstances.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief this dissolves is that you are alone until the work before you is complete.
THE ROOT
וַיֹּאמֶר
vayomer
GROWS FROM
אמר
אמר (ʾāmar): to say, speak, declare.
“spake / saying” in this verse is vayomer. The Hebrew begins with “he said” and returns to the same root in “saying.” The assurance “I am with you” sits inside that repeated act of speech: presence is declared directly, not left for you to infer.
ALSO GROWS
amar: to say; to speak
אָמַר
The verb names the act of speech that opens the verse.
le'mor: saying; to say
לֵאמֹר
This form introduces the quotation, repeating the root just before “I am with you.”
imrah: utterance; saying
אִמְרָה
This noun names a spoken saying, keeping the promise within the same speech-root family.
THE PATTERN
The divine word makes nearness explicit by speaking it as a direct promise.
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.THE THREAD
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.Both verses open the assurance with וַיֹּאמֶר (vayomer, “and he said”), from אמר (ʾāmar, “to say”). One declares “I will be with thee”; the other, “I am with you”, the same speech-root carries the promise of presence.
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