Berean Standard Bible
Jeremiah 35:7
7Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’
Jeremiah 35:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)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.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not build a house; you shall not sow seed; you shall not plant or have a vineyard; but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, nor have any of these; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, that you may live many days in the land where you are sojourners.’
Context of Jeremiah 35:7
5Then I set pitchers full of wine and some cups before the men of the house of the Rechabites, and I said to them, “Drink some wine.” 6“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine. Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’ 8And we have obeyed the voice of our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commanded us. So we have not drunk wine all our lives—neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters. 9Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.
Read all of Jeremiah 35Jeremiah 35:7 word by word
וּבַ֣יִת לֹֽא־תִבְנ֗וּ וְזֶ֤רַע לֹֽא־תִזְרָ֙עוּ֙ וְכֶ֣רֶם לֹֽא־תִטָּ֔עוּ וְלֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶ֖ה לָכֶ֑ם כִּ֠י בָּאֳהָלִ֤ים תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵיכֶ֔ם לְמַ֨עַן תִּֽחְי֜וּ יָמִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם גָּרִ֥ים שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear
- Nor are you everלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- to buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- a houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
- seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
- plantנָטַעnâţa‛ · to plantH5193
- a vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
- Those things areהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- Insteadכִּיkîy · forH3588
- you must liveיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- in tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
- allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- your livesיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- so thatמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
- you may liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
- a longרַבrab · manyH7227
- inעַל‛al · uponH5921
- inפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
- the landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
- whereאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- youאַתֶּם'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.p.)H859
- wanderגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
- wanderשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
Commentaries on Jeremiah 35:7
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-10Jehonadab had required his descendants to live a nomadic life without the comforts of settled living, and the Recabites had obeyed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. tents--(Jud 4:17). live many days--according to the promise connected with the fifth commandment (Ex 20:12; Ep 6:2, 3). strangers--They were not of the stock of Jacob, but sojourners in Israel. Types of the children of God, pilgrims on earth, looking for heaven as their home: having little to lose, so that losing times cost them little alarm; sitting loose to what they have (He 10:34; 11:9, 10, 13-16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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