5Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.


In Context

2 (after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen mother, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem),

3 by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,

4 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:

5 Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

6 Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don't be diminished.

7 Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.

Jeremiah 29:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:5Build ye houses, and dwell [in them;] and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:5"Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:5Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:5Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:5Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:5Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;