Jeremiah 35:7

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

5I put some jars of wine and some cups in front of Rekab's descendants. I said to them, ‘Drink some wine.’ 6They replied, ‘We do not drink wine. Our ancestor Jonadab, son of Rekab, said to us, “You and your descendants must never drink wine. You must not build houses. You must not plant seed in fields to grow crops. You must not plant vines or have a vineyard. Instead, you must always live in tents. If you live in that way, you will live for a long time as you travel around in the land.” 8We have obeyed all the rules that our ancestor Jonadab gave to us. Our wives and our children have also obeyed them. We have never drunk wine. 9We have never built houses to be our homes. We have no fields or vineyards and we grow no crops.

Jeremiah 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neither shall ye buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• nor sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• nor plantנָטַעnâţa‛ · to plantH5193
• vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• but all your daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• ye shall dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• that ye may liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• inפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• the landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• strangersגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 35:7

• Abstinence, Total
• Hanan
• Jonadab
• Self-Denial
• Temptation
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• Jehonadab
• Rechab
• Wine
• Gentiles
• Habaziniah
• Jehu
• Jeremiah (2)
• Rechab; Rechabites
• Vine
• Prison

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