Parallel Verses
Amplified
‘Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Holman Bible
“Build houses and live in them.
International Standard Version
"Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
A Conservative Version
Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
American Standard Version
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Bible in Basic English
Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
Darby Translation
Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Julia Smith Translation
Build ye houses and dwell; and plant gardens and eat their fruit:
King James 2000
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Lexham Expanded Bible
'Build houses and live [in them], and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Modern King James verseion
Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Build you houses to dwell therein; plant you gardens, that ye may enjoy the fruits thereof;
NET Bible
Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.
New Heart English Bible
'Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.
The Emphasized Bible
Build ye houses and dwell in them, - And plant ye gardens and eat the fruit thereof;
Webster
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
World English Bible
Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Youngs Literal Translation
Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
Themes
Art » Primitive » Of the gardener
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Gardeners
Interlinear
Banah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 29:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Letter To The Exiles In Babylon
4 “So says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captives whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, 5 ‘Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. 6 Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there and do not decrease [in number].
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 29:28
For he has sent word to us in Babylon, saying, ‘This captivity [of yours] will be long; build houses and live in them and plant gardens and eat their fruit.’”’”
Jeremiah 29:10
“For thus says the Lord, ‘When seventy years [of exile] have been completed for Babylon, I will visit (inspect) you and keep My good promise to you, to bring you back to this place.
Ezekiel 28:26
They shall live in it securely; and they will build houses, plant vineyards and live securely when I execute judgment on all those around them who despise them. Then they will know [with clarity and confidence] that I am the Lord their God.”’”