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Thursday, June 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 29:5
to settle there and build houses. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them.
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
“Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
Hebrew Names Version
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
King James Version
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
English Standard Version
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
New American Standard Bible
'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce.
'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce.
New Century Version
"Build houses and settle in the land. Plant gardens and eat the food they grow.
"Build houses and settle in the land. Plant gardens and eat the food they grow.
Amplified Bible
'Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
'Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
World English Bible
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Buylde you houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eate the fruites of them.
Buylde you houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eate the fruites of them.
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Berean Standard Bible
'Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
'Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Build yourselves houses, and live in them. Plant gardens, and eat what they produce.
‘Build yourselves houses, and live in them. Plant gardens, and eat what they produce.
Darby Translation
Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Build houses and live in them. Settle in the land. Plant gardens and eat the food you grow.
"Build houses and live in them. Settle in the land. Plant gardens and eat the food you grow.
George Lamsa Translation
Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them;
Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them;
Good News Translation
‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them.
‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them.
Lexham English Bible
‘Build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
‘Build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Literal Translation
Build houses and live, and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.
Build houses and live, and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Buylde you houses to dwell therein: plate you gardes, yt ye maye enioye the frutes thereof:
Buylde you houses to dwell therein: plate you gardes, yt ye maye enioye the frutes thereof:
American Standard Version
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Bible in Basic English
Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
King James Version (1611)
Build ye houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eate the fruit of them.
Build ye houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eate the fruit of them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Builde you houses to dwell therin, plant you gardens, that you may enioy the fruites therof.
Builde you houses to dwell therin, plant you gardens, that you may enioy the fruites therof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ascalon is cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim.
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ascalon is cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim.
English Revised Version
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bilde ye housis, and enhabite, and plaunte ye orcherdis, and ete ye fruyt of tho;
Bilde ye housis, and enhabite, and plaunte ye orcherdis, and ete ye fruyt of tho;
Update Bible Version
Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
New English Translation
‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.
‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.
New King James Version
Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
New Living Translation
"Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.
"Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.
New Life Bible
‘Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
‘Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
New Revised Standard
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce.
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Build ye houses and dwell in them, - And plant ye gardens and eat the fruit thereof;
Build ye houses and dwell in them, - And plant ye gardens and eat the fruit thereof;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.
Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.
Revised Standard Version
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
Young's Literal Translation
Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
THE MESSAGE
"Build houses and make yourselves at home. "Put in gardens and eat what grows in that country.
"Build houses and make yourselves at home. "Put in gardens and eat what grows in that country.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce.
'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce.
Contextual Overview
1I had been left in Jerusalem when King Nebuchadnezzar took many of the people of Jerusalem and Judah to Babylonia as prisoners, including King Jehoiachin, his mother, his officials, and the metal workers and others in Jerusalem who were skilled in making things. So I wrote a letter to the prophets, the priests, the leaders, and the rest of our people in Babylonia. 3 I gave the letter to Elasah and Gemariah, two men that King Zedekiah of Judah was sending to Babylon to talk with Nebuchadnezzar. In the letter, I wrote 4 that the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, had said: I had you taken from Jerusalem to Babylonia. Now I tell you 5 to settle there and build houses. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them. 6 Get married and have children, then help your sons find wives and help your daughters find husbands, so they can have children as well. I want your numbers to grow, not to get smaller. 7 Pray for peace in Babylonia and work hard to make it prosperous. The more successful that nation is, the better off you will be.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 29:28, Ezekiel 28:26
Reciprocal: Psalms 107:37 - sow
Cross-References
Genesis 24:24
She answered, "My father is Bethuel, the son of Nahor and Milcah.
She answered, "My father is Bethuel, the son of Nahor and Milcah.
Genesis 24:29
Her brother Laban heard her tell what the servant had said, and he saw the ring and the bracelets she was wearing. So Laban ran out to Abraham's servant, who was standing by his camels at the well.
Her brother Laban heard her tell what the servant had said, and he saw the ring and the bracelets she was wearing. So Laban ran out to Abraham's servant, who was standing by his camels at the well.
Genesis 31:53
My father Nahor, your grandfather Abraham, and their ancestors all worshiped the same God, and he will make sure that we each keep the agreement. Then Jacob made a promise in the name of the fearsome God his father Isaac had worshiped.
My father Nahor, your grandfather Abraham, and their ancestors all worshiped the same God, and he will make sure that we each keep the agreement. Then Jacob made a promise in the name of the fearsome God his father Isaac had worshiped.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Build ye houses, and dwell [in them],.... Intimating hereby that they must not expect a return into their own land in any short time, but that they should continue many years where they were; suggesting also, that as they had ability, so they should have liberty, of building themselves houses; nor should they be interrupted by their enemies; nor would their houses be taken from them, when built; but they should dwell peaceably and quietly in them, as their own; which they might assure themselves of from the Lord, who gives these, and the following directions:
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; and live as comfortably as you can in a foreign country; plant your gardens with vines and pomegranates, and all sorts of fruitful trees the country produces; and fear not the fruit being taken away from you; depend upon it, you shall eat the fruit of your own labour, and not be deprived of it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As the exile was Godâs doing for their good, they were to make the best of their position, and acquire wealth and influence; whereas if they were always restlessly looking out for the opportunity of returning home, they would rapidly fall into poverty and dwindle away.
Jeremiah 29:7
Seek the peace of the city ... - Not only because their welfare for seventy years was bound up with that of Babylon, but because it would have degraded their whole moral nature to have lived as conspirators, banded together against the country that was for the time their home.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 29:5. Build ye houses — Prepare for a long continuance in your present captivity. Provide yourselves with the necessaries of life, and multiply in the land, that ye may become a powerful people.
