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Jeremiah 35:5

Then I put some bowls full of wine and some cups in front of the Recabite family. And I said to them, "Drink some wine."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hanan;   Jonadab;   Temptation;   Wine;   Thompson Chain Reference - Temptation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Wine;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Rechabites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Grapes;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bowl;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Pottery in Bible Times;   Vessels and Utensils;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bowl;   Cup;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jehonadab;   Kenites;   Meals;   Nations;   Rechab, Rechabites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rechabites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonadab;   Rechabites;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pot;   Re'chab;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bowl;   Pot;   Potter;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cup;   Drinking-Vessels;   Isḥaḳ ben Ya'ḳub Obadiah Abu 'Isa Al-Isfahani;   Wine;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I set jars filled with wine and some cups before the sons of the house of the Rechabites and said to them, “Drink wine!”
Hebrew Names Version
I set before the sons of the house of the Rechavim bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink you wine.
King James Version
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
English Standard Version
Then I set before the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, "Drink wine."
New American Standard Bible
Then I set before the men of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, "Drink wine!"
New Century Version
Then I put some bowls full of wine and some cups before the men of the Recabite family. And I said to them, "Drink some wine."
Amplified Bible
Then I set before the men of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, "Drink wine."
World English Bible
I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink you wine.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I set before the sonnes of the house of the Rechabites, pots full of wine, and cuppes, and said vnto them, Drinke wine.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I put before the men of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine and cups; and I said to them, "Drink wine!"
Berean Standard Bible
Then I set pitchers full of wine and cups before the men of the house of the Rechabites and said to them, "Drink some wine."
Contemporary English Version
I set out some large bowls full of wine together with some cups, and then I said to the Rechabites, "Have some wine!"
Complete Jewish Bible
There I set in front of the members of the clan of the Rekhavim pitchers full of wine and cups, and said to them, "Drink some wine."
Darby Translation
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink wine.
George Lamsa Translation
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites vessels full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink wine;
Good News Translation
Then I placed cups and bowls full of wine before the Rechabites, and I said to them, "Have some wine."
Lexham English Bible
Then I set before the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine and cups, and I said to them, "Drink wine."
Literal Translation
And I set bowls and cups full of wine before the sons of the house of the Rechabites. And I said to them, Drink wine.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And before the sonnes of the kynred of the Rechabites, I set pottes full of wyne, and cuppes, and sayde vnto them: drynke wyne.
American Standard Version
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
Bible in Basic English
And I put before the sons of the Rechabites basins full of wine and cups, and I said to them, Take some wine.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites goblets full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them: 'Drink ye wine.'
King James Version (1611)
And I set before the sonnes of the house of the Rechabites, pottes, full of wine, and cups, and I said vnto them, Drinke ye wine.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And before the sonnes of the kinred of the Rechabites I set pottes full of wine, and cuppes, and sayde vnto them, Drinke wine:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then Jeremias spoke to Ananias in the sight of all the people, and in the sight of the priests that stood in the house of the Lord,
English Revised Version
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y settide bifore the sones of the hous of Recabitis pecis, and grete cowpis ful of wyn; and Y seide to hem, Drinke ye wyn.
Update Bible Version
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink wine.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink ye wine.
New English Translation
Then I set cups and pitchers full of wine in front of the members of the Rechabite community and said to them, "Have some wine."
New King James Version
Then I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, "Drink wine."
New Living Translation
I set cups and jugs of wine before them and invited them to have a drink,
New Life Bible
Then I set jars full of wine and some cups in front of the men of the Rechabite family. And I said to them, "Drink wine."
New Revised Standard
Then I set before the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, "Have some wine."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups, - and said unto them Drink ye wine.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups: and I said to them: Drink ye wine.
Revised Standard Version
Then I set before the Re'chabites pitchers full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, "Drink wine."
Young's Literal Translation
and I put before the sons of the house of the Rechabites goblets full of wine, and cups, and I say unto them, Drink ye wine.
THE MESSAGE
Then I set out chalices and pitchers of wine for the Recabites and said, "A toast! Drink up!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then I set before the men of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine and cups; and I said to them, "Drink wine!"

Contextual Overview

1 During the time when Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, was king of Judah, the Lord spoke this message to Jeremiah: 2 "Go to the Recabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the Lord 's Temple. Offer them wine to drink." 3 So I went to get Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, who was the son of Habazziniah. And I got all of Jaazaniah's brothers and sons and the whole family of the Recabites together. 4 Then I brought them into the Temple of the Lord . We went into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah. Hanan was a man of God. The room was next to the room where the princes of Judah stay. It was over the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum. Maaseiah was the doorkeeper in the Temple. 5 Then I put some bowls full of wine and some cups in front of the Recabite family. And I said to them, "Drink some wine." 6 But the Recabite family answered, "We never drink wine. We never drink it because our ancestor Jonadab son of Recab gave us this command: ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine. 7 Also you must never build houses, plant seeds, or plant vineyards. You must never do any of those things. You must live only in tents. If you do that, you will live a long time in the land where you move from place to place.' 8 So we have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us. None of us ever drinks wine, and neither do our wives, sons, or daughters. 9 We never build houses to live in, we never own vineyards or fields, and we never plant crops. 10 We have lived in tents and have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Drink: Jeremiah 35:2, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Amos 2:12, 2 Corinthians 2:9

Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:9 - Do not

Cross-References

Genesis 34:30
But Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have caused me a lot of trouble. All the people in this place will hate me. All the Canaanites and the Perizzites will turn against me. There are only a few of us. If the people in this place gather together to fight against us, I will be destroyed. And all our people will be destroyed with me."
Genesis 35:9
When Jacob came back from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again. God blessed Jacob
Genesis 35:11
God said to him, "I am God All-Powerful, and I give you this blessing: Have many children and grow into a great nation. Other nations and other kings will come out of you.
Genesis 35:16
Jacob and his group left Bethel. Before they came to Ephrath, Rachel began giving birth to her baby.
Exodus 23:27
"When you fight against your enemies, I will send my great power before you. I will help you defeat all your enemies. The people who are against you will become confused in battle and run away.
Exodus 34:24
"When you go into your land, I will force your enemies out of that land. I will expand your borders—you will get more and more land. You will go before the Lord your God three times each year. At that time no one will try to take your land from you.
Deuteronomy 11:25
No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God will make the people fear you wherever you go in that land. That is what he promised you before.
Joshua 5:1
So the Lord dried up the Jordan River until the Israelites finished crossing it. The kings of the Amorites living west of the Jordan River and the Canaanites living by the Mediterranean Sea heard about this and became very frightened. After that they were not brave enough to stand and fight against the Israelites.
1 Samuel 11:7
He took a pair of oxen and cut them in pieces. Then he gave the pieces of the oxen to messengers. He ordered the messengers to carry the pieces throughout the land of Israel. He told them to give this message to the Israelites: "Come follow Saul and Samuel. If anyone doesn't come and help them, this same thing will happen to his oxen." A great fear from the Lord came on the people. They all came together like one person.
1 Samuel 14:15
Great fear spread among the Philistine soldiers—those in the field, in the camp, and at the fort. Even the bravest soldiers were afraid. The ground began to shake, and they were completely overcome with fear.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups,.... Which the prophet might have out of the chambers where these vessels were, and particularly from Maaseiah, if he was a keeper of them, as before observed. The number of men gathered together was probably very large; and therefore pots, or large vessels of wine, were prepared, and set before them, and cups, lesser vessels, to drink out of:

and I said unto them, drink ye wine; he invited them to it, and bid them welcome; nay, more, he might not only encourage, but enjoin them to drink it; though, as Gataker observes, he does not say unto them, "thus saith the Lord, drink wine"; for then they must have done it, and doubtless would; since it is right to obey God rather than man, even parents.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Pots - “Bowls,” to fill the cups.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 35:5. Pots full of wine, and cups — The cups were to draw the wine out of the pots, in order to drink it.


 
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