Jeremiah 35:9

New King James Version

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

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 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 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
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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
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 17:1
Exodus 12:43-13:2">[xr] When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.

Genesis 18:1
Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, [fn] as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.

Genesis 26:2
Then the LORD appeared to him and said: "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you.

Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.

Genesis 31:3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you."

Genesis 32:1
So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."

Genesis 35:2
And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.

Genesis 35:3
Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone."

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.