Jeremiah 35:9

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;

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;

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 unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, - in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah saying: ² Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak with them, and bring them into the house of Yahweh, into one of the chambers, - and give them, wine, to drink. ³ So I took Jaazaniah, son of Jeremiah son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, - and all the house of the Rechabites; ⁴ and brought them into the house of Yahweh, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God, - which was beside the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum keeper of the porch; ⁵ 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. ⁶ Then said they, - We will not drink wine, - for Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, laid command upon us, saying, Ye shall not drink wine, ye, nor your sons, unto times age-abiding; ⁷ nor house, shall ye build nor, seed, shall ye sow, nor vineyard, shall ye plant, neither shall ye have them, - but in tents, shall ye dwell, all your days, that ye may live many days on the face of the soil where ye are sojourning. ⁸ So we have hearkened unto the voice of Jonadab, son of Rechab, our father, in all that be commanded us, - not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons nor our daughters; ⁹ and not to bud houses for us to dwell in, - and so, vineyard or field or seed, have we none; ¹⁰ but we have dwelt in tents, - and have hearkened 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
And Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said: To thy seed, will I give this land, - And he built there an altar, unto Yahweh who appeared unto him.

Genesis 17:1
And it came to pass that, when Abram was ninety and nine years old, Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I, am GOD Almighty, - Walk, thou before me and become thou blameless:

Genesis 18:1
And Yahweh appeared unto him among the oaks of Mamre, - as, he, was sitting at the opening of the tent in the heat of the day.

Genesis 26:2
and Yahweh appeared unto him, and said, do not go down towards Egypt, - Make thy habitation in the land, which I may name unto thee:

Genesis 28:13
and lo! Yahweh, standing by him, - and he said, I, am Yahweh, God of Abraham thy father and God of Isaac, - The land whereon, thou, art lying, to thee, will I give it and to thy seed;

Genesis 31:3
Then said Yahweh unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred, - that I may be with thee.

Genesis 32:1
When, Jacob, had gone on his way, there met him, messengers of God.

Genesis 35:1
Then said God unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, - and make there an altar, to the GOD who appeared unto thee, when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Genesis 35:2
And Jacob said unto his house, and unto all who were with him, - Put away the gods of the alien which are in your midst, and purify yourselves, and change your garments;

Genesis 35:3
And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el, - that I may make there an altar to the GOD who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.

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.