2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place.


In Context

1 The word of the LORD came also to me, saying,

2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place.

3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

4 They shall die by grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcasses shall be food for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 16:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:2"You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have thee sons and daughters in this place.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, and thou shalt not have sons nor daughters in this place.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2You shall not take you a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters in this place.