9Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:


In Context

6 And they answered : We will not drink wine: because Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying: You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your children, for ever:

7 Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.

8 Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters:

9 Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:

10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

11 But when Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came up to our land, we said: Come, let us go into Jerusalem from the face of the army of the Chaldeans, and from the face of the army of Syria: and we have remained in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 35:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:9Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

35:9or built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields or crops.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:9nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:9and not to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:9nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:9Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:9nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:9nor to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard, and field, and seed, we have none;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:9Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: