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the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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New Living Translation

Jeremiah 35:10

We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed all the commands of Jehonadab, our ancestor.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abstinence, Total;   Hanan;   Jonadab;   Wine;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Tents;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jonadab;   Rechabites;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Citizenship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehonadab;   Jonadab;   Kenites;   Rechab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jehonadab;   Kenites;   Nations;   Rechab, Rechabites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Vote;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jonadab ;   Rechab ;   Rechabites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonadab;   Rechabites;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jon'adab;   Prison;   Re'chab;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehonadab;   Jehu;   Rechab;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Isḥaḳ ben Ya'ḳub Obadiah Abu 'Isa Al-Isfahani;   Jehonadab (Jonadab);   Will;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
Hebrew Names Version
but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Yehonadav our father commanded us.
King James Version
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
English Standard Version
but we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
New American Standard Bible
"But we have lived only in tents, and have obeyed and have done according to all that our father Jonadab commanded us.
New Century Version
We have lived in tents and have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
Amplified Bible
"We have lived only in tents, and have obeyed and done [everything] according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
World English Bible
but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But we haue remained in tentes, and haue obeyed, and done according to all that Ionadab our father commaunded vs.
Legacy Standard Bible
We have only inhabited tents and have listened and have done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Berean Standard Bible
But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.
Complete Jewish Bible
We have lived in tents, and we have heeded Yonadav our ancestor and done everything he ordered us to do.
Darby Translation
but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Easy-to-Read Version
We have lived in tents and have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
George Lamsa Translation
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Lexham English Bible
But we have lived in tents, and we have obeyed, and we have done all that Jehonadab, our ancestor, commanded us.
Literal Translation
But we live in tents, and we have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but we dwell in tentes, we obeye, & do acordinge vnto all, that Ionadab oure father commaunded vs.
American Standard Version
but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Bible in Basic English
But we have been living in tents, and have done everything which Jonadab our father gave us orders to do.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
but we have dwelt in tents, and have hearkened, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
King James Version (1611)
But wee haue dwelt in tents, and haue obeyed, and done according to all that Ionadab our father commanded vs.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But we dwell in tentes, we obay, and do according vnto all that Ionadab our father commaunded vs.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then Ananias took the yokes from the neck of Jeremias in the sight of all the people, and broke them to pieces.
English Revised Version
but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but we dwelliden in tabernaclis, and weren obeiynge, and diden bi alle thingis, whiche Jonadab, oure fadir, comaundide to vs.
Update Bible Version
but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Webster's Bible Translation
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
New English Translation
We have lived in tents. We have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab and done exactly as he commanded us.
New King James Version
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
New Life Bible
We have only lived in tents. We have obeyed, and have done all that our father Jonadab told us.
New Revised Standard
but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed and done all that our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but we have dwelt in tents, - and have hearkened and done, according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Revised Standard Version
but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed and done all that Jon'adab our father commanded us.
Young's Literal Translation
and we dwell in tents, and we hearken, and we do according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"We have only dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and have done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

Contextual Overview

1 This is the message the Lord gave Jeremiah when Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah: 2 "Go to the settlement where the families of the Recabites live, and invite them to the Lord 's Temple. Take them into one of the inner rooms, and offer them some wine." 3 So I went to see Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah and grandson of Habazziniah and all his brothers and sons—representing all the Recabite families. 4 I took them to the Temple, and we went into the room assigned to the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was located next to the one used by the Temple officials, directly above the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum, the Temple gatekeeper. 5 I set cups and jugs of wine before them and invited them to have a drink, 6 but they refused. "No," they said, "we don't drink wine, because our ancestor Jehonadab son of Recab gave us this command: ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine. 7 And do not build houses or plant crops or vineyards, but always live in tents. If you follow these commands, you will live long, good lives in the land.' 8 So we have obeyed him in all these things. We have never had a drink of wine to this day, nor have our wives, our sons, or our daughters. 9 We haven't built houses or owned vineyards or farms or planted crops. 10 We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed all the commands of Jehonadab, our ancestor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 35:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:20 - dwell Leviticus 23:42 - General Jeremiah 35:6 - Ye shall Jeremiah 35:7 - all

Cross-References

Genesis 17:5
What's more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
Genesis 17:15
Then God said to Abraham, "Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah.
Genesis 35:27
So Jacob returned to his father, Isaac, in Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had both lived as foreigners.
Genesis 35:28
Isaac lived for 180 years.
1 Kings 18:31
He took twelve stones, one to represent each of the tribes of Israel,
2 Kings 17:34
And this is still going on today. They continue to follow their former practices instead of truly worshiping the Lord and obeying the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands he gave the descendants of Jacob, whose name he changed to Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But we have dwelt in tents,.... Ever since, until very lately, when they had taken up their dwelling in Jerusalem; the reason of which is presently given:

and have obeyed, and done according to all Jonadab our father commanded us; and should it be objected, that in one point they had not obeyed, in that they had left their tents, and now dwelt in Jerusalem; they had this to say in answer to it, and as the reason of their so doing, as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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


 
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