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New King James Version

Jeremiah 35:5

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."

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.
Easy-to-Read Version
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."
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 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 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 2 "Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink." 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, his brothers and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites, 4 and I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door. 5 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." 6 But they said, "We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, "You shall drink no wine, you nor your sons, forever. 7 You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, nor have any of these; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, that you may live many days in the land where you are sojourners.' 8 Thus we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters, 9 nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; nor do we have vineyard, field, or seed. 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father 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
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I."
Genesis 35:9
Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him.
Genesis 35:11
Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.
Genesis 35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.
Genesis 35:16
Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor.
Exodus 23:27
"I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
Exodus 34:24
For I will cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither will any man covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.
Deuteronomy 11:25
No man shall be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you.
Joshua 5:1
So it was, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel until we [fn] had crossed over, that their heart melted; and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the children of Israel.
1 Samuel 11:7
So he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, "Whoever does not go out with Saul and Samuel to battle, so it shall be done to his oxen." And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

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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