5Then I set bowls full of wine and some cups before the men of the Recabite family and said to them, "Drink some wine."


In Context

2 "Go to the Recabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the house of the Lord and give them wine to drink."

3 So I went to get Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons-the whole family of the Recabites.

4 I brought them into the house of the Lord , into the room of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God. It was next to the room of the officials, which was over that of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.

5 Then I set bowls full of wine and some cups before the men of the Recabite family and said to them, "Drink some wine."

6 But they replied, "We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jonadab son of Recab gave us this command: 'Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine.

7 Also you must never build houses, sow seed or plant vineyards; you must never have any of these things, but must always live in tents. Then you will live a long time in the land where you are nomads.'

Jeremiah 35:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups: and I said to them: Drink ye wine.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink wine.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink ye wine.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:5I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink wine!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:5and I put before the sons of the house of the Rechabites goblets full of wine, and cups, and I say unto them, Drink ye wine.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink you wine.