Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
and have built no houses to live in. We don't have vineyards, fields, or seed.
New American Standard Bible
nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; and we
King James Version
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Holman Bible
We also have not built houses to live in and do not have vineyard, field, or seed.
A Conservative Version
nor to build houses for us to dwell in. Neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed,
American Standard Version
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Amplified
nor have we built ourselves houses to live in; nor do we have vineyards or fields or seed.
Bible in Basic English
Building no houses for ourselves, having no vine-gardens or fields or seed:
Darby Translation
and not to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed;
Julia Smith Translation
Not to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard and field and seed shall not be to us.
King James 2000
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Lexham Expanded Bible
and not to build houses [for] our living, and there is not vineyard, or field, or seed for us.
Modern King James verseion
nor to build houses for us to live in. Nor do we have vineyard, nor field, nor seed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Neither build we any house to dwell therein, we have also among us neither vineyards, nor corn land to sow:
NET Bible
We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.
New Heart English Bible
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
The Emphasized Bible
and not to bud houses for us to dwell in, - and so, vineyard or field or seed, have we none;
Webster
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
World English Bible
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Youngs Literal Translation
nor to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard, and field, and seed, we have none;
Themes
Total abstinence » Instances of » Rechabites
Hanan » A levite » 7. An officer in the temple
Jonadab » Also called jehonadab » His sons refuse to drink wine in obedience to his command
Topics
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Banah
Bayith
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 35:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Faithfulness Of The Rechabites
8 We have obeyed everything that our ancestor, Rechab's son Jonadab, commanded us. So we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters have drunk no wine all our lives, 9 and have built no houses to live in. We don't have vineyards, fields, or seed. 10 We have lived in tents. We have obeyed and have done everything that our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
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Cross References
1 Timothy 6:6
Of course, godliness with contentment does bring a great profit.
Psalm 37:16
Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked people.
Jeremiah 35:7
You aren't to build houses, you aren't to sow seeds, and you aren't to plant vineyards, or own them. Instead, you are to live in tents all your lives, so you will enjoy a long life in the land where you reside.'
Numbers 16:14
You still haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you really think that you can make these men look the other way? We won't go up."
2 Kings 5:26
But Elisha responded, "Didn't my heart break as the man was turning from his chariot to greet you? Is now the time to receive money? To receive clothes? And olive groves, vineyards, sheep, oxen, servants, or female attendants?