Jeremiah 35:9

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
We also have not built houses to live in and do not have vineyard, field, or seed.

Hebrew Names Version
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

King James Version
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

English Standard Version
and not to build houses to dwell in. We have no vineyard or field or seed,

New American Standard Bible
nor to build ourselves houses to live in; and we do not have a vineyard, a field, or seed.

New Century Version
We never build houses in which to live, or own fields or vineyards, or plant crops.

Amplified Bible
nor have we built ourselves houses to live in; nor do we have vineyards or fields or seed.

World English Bible
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Neither builde wee houses for vs to dwell in, neither haue we vineyard, nor fielde, nor seede,

Legacy Standard Bible
nor to build ourselves houses to inhabit; and we do not have vineyard or field or seed.

Berean Standard Bible
Nor have we built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields, or crops.

Complete Jewish Bible
not to build houses for ourselves to live in; and not to have vineyards, fields or seed.

Darby Translation
and not to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed;

Easy-to-Read Version
We never build houses to live in, we never own vineyards or fields, and we never plant crops.

George Lamsa Translation
Nor to build houses for ourselves to dwell in; neither to have vineyards nor fields nor seed;

Good News Translation
We do not build houses for homes—we live in tents—and we own no vineyards, fields, or grain. We have fully obeyed everything that our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.

Lexham English Bible
and not to build houses for our living, and there is not vineyard, or field, or seed for us.

Literal Translation
nor to build houses for us for our dwelling; nor do we have a vineyard, or field, or seed.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Nether buylde we eny house to dwell therin, we haue also amonge vs nether vynyardes, ner corne lode to sowe:

American Standard Version
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Bible in Basic English
Building no houses for ourselves, having no vine-gardens or fields or seed:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
nor to build houses for us to dwell in, neither to have vineyard, or field, or seed;

King James Version (1611)
Nor to build houses for vs to dwel in, neither haue we Uineyard, nor field, nor seed.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neither buylde we any house to dwel therein: we haue also among vs neither vineyardes, nor corne lande to sowe:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
As for the prophet that has prophesied for peace, when the word has come to pass, they shall know the prophet whom the Lord has sent them in truth.

English Revised Version
nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and we bildiden not housis to dwelle, and we hadden not a vyner, and a feeld, and seed;

Update Bible Version
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Webster's Bible Translation
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

New English Translation
We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.

New King James Version
nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; nor do we have vineyard, field, or seed.

New Living Translation
We haven't built houses or owned vineyards or farms or planted crops.

New Life Bible
We have never built houses to live in, and we do not have grape-fields or fields or seeds to plant.

New Revised Standard
and not to build houses to live in. We have no vineyard or field or seed;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and not to bud houses for us to dwell in, - and so, vineyard or field or seed, have we none;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:

Revised Standard Version
and not to build houses to dwell in. We have no vineyard or field or seed;

Young's Literal Translation
nor to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard, and field, and seed, we have none;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; and we do not have vineyard or field or seed.

Contextual Overview

¹ When Jehoiakim was king of Judah, the Lord told me, ² "Go to the Rechabite clan and invite them to meet you in one of the side rooms of the temple. When they arrive, offer them a drink of wine." ³ So I went to Jaazaniah, the leader of the clan, and I invited him and all the men of his clan. ⁴ I brought them into the temple courtyard and took them upstairs to a room belonging to the prophets who were followers of Hanan son of Igdaliah. It was next to a room belonging to some of the officials, and that room was over the one belonging to Maaseiah, a priest who was one of the high officials in the temple. ⁵ I set out some large bowls full of wine together with some cups, and then I said to the Rechabites, "Have some wine!" ⁶ But they answered: No! The ancestor of our clan, Jonadab son of Rechab, made a rule that we must obey. He said, "Don't ever drink wine ⁷ or build houses or plant crops and vineyards. Instead, you must always live in tents and move from place to place. If you obey this command, you will live a long time." ⁸Our clan has always obeyed Jonadab's command. To this very day, we and our wives and sons and daughters don't drink wine or build houses or plant vineyards or crops. And we have lived in tents, ¹¹ except now we have to live inside Jerusalem because Nebuchadnezzar has taken over the countryside with his army from Babylonia and Syria.

Bible Verse Review
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Jeremiah 35:7, Numbers 16:14, 2 Kings 5:26, Psalms 37:16, 1 Timothy 6:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:20 - dwell

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
but the Lord appeared to Abram and promised, "I will give this land to your family forever." Abram then built an altar there for the Lord .

Genesis 17:1
Abram was ninety-nine years old when the Lord appeared to him again and said, "I am God All-Powerful. If you obey me and always do right,

Genesis 18:1
One hot summer afternoon Abraham was sitting by the entrance to his tent near the sacred trees of Mamre, when the Lord appeared to him.

Genesis 26:2
because the Lord had appeared to Isaac and said: Isaac, stay away from Egypt! I will show you where I want you to go.

Genesis 28:13
The Lord was standing beside the ladder and said: I am the Lord God who was worshiped by Abraham and Isaac. I will give to you and your family the land on which you are now sleeping.

Genesis 31:3
One day the Lord said, "Jacob, go back to your relatives in the land of your ancestors, and I will bless you."

Genesis 32:1
As Jacob was on his way back home, some of God's angels came and met him.

Genesis 35:1
God told Jacob, "Return to Bethel, where I appeared to you when you were running from your brother Esau. Make your home there and build an altar for me."

Genesis 35:2
Jacob said to his family and to everyone else who was traveling with him: Get rid of your foreign gods! Then make yourselves acceptable to worship God and put on clean clothes.

Genesis 35:3
Afterwards, we'll go to Bethel. I will build an altar there for God, who answered my prayers when I was in trouble and who has always been at my side.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Nor build houses for us to dwell in,.... This explains that part of the charge more fully, which respects building of houses; which did not restrain them from building houses for others, if any of them were masters of that art; which is not very likely, since they were wholly brought up in the field as shepherds; but it forbad them building any for themselves, and making use of them by dwelling in them:

neither have we vineyard, nor field, or seed; any piece of ground planted with vines, or field sown with corn, or any seed to sow with; so exactly conformable were they to the prescriptions of their ancestor. Diodorus Siculus g reports of the Nabatheans, a people of Arabia, descended from Nebaioth, see Isaiah 60:7; that they have several laws which are much the same with those enjoined the Rechabites; for he says,

"it is a law with them not to sow corn, nor to plant any plant that bears fruit, nor to make use of wine, nor to build houses; and whosoever is found doing any of these things is, reckoned worthy of death; and the reason of their having such a law is, because they think that those who possess such things are easily compelled by men in power to do whatever is commanded them, for the sake of the enjoyment of them.''

g Bibliothec. l. 19. p. 730. Ed. Rhod.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Our father - Not merely our ancestor, but the founder of our institutions.