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


In Context

6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have [any:] but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

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

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

11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 35:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:9Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:

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: