Jeremiah 35:6

Jeremiah 35:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
• New International Version (NIV)But they replied, “We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jehonadab son of Rekab gave us this command: ‘Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But they answered, "We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, 'You shall not drink wine, neither you nor your sons forever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But they said, “We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall drink no wine, you nor your sons, forever.

Context of Jeremiah 35:6

4and I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was next to the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the doorkeeper. 5Then I set before the men of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “Drink wine!” But they said, “We will not drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall not drink wine, you or your sons, forever. 7You shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed nor plant a vineyard, nor own one; but you shall live in tents all your days, so that you may live many days in the land where you live as strangers.’ 8And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

Jeremiah 35:6 word by word

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹ֣א נִשְׁתֶּה־יָּ֑יִן כִּי֩ יוֹנָדָ֨ב בֶּן־רֵכָ֜ב אָבִ֗ינוּ צִוָּ֤ה עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֧א תִשְׁתּוּ־יַ֛יִן אַתֶּ֥ם וּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• But they saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• We will not drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• Jonadabיְהוֹנָדָבyehônâdâb · JonadabH3082
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Rechabרֵכָבrêkâb · RechabH7394
• our fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• foreverעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• foreverעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Jeremiah 35:6

• 2 Kings 10:15Now when he had gone from there, he encountered Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart right, just as my heart is with your heart?” And Jehonadab answered, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give me your hand.” And he gave him his hand, and he pulled him up to him into the chariot.
• 1 Chronicles 2:55The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
• Leviticus 10:9“Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you do not die--it is a permanent statute throughout your generations--
• Numbers 6:2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes a special vow, namely, the vow of a Nazirite, to live as a Nazirite for the Lord,
• Judges 13:7But he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”
• Luke 1:15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother’s womb.
• 1 Corinthians 7:26I think, then, that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
• Jeremiah 35:10But we have lived only in tents, and have obeyed and have done according to all that our father Jonadab commanded us.
• Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a civilized man, living in tents.
• Leviticus 23:42You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths,
• Nehemiah 8:14And they found written in the Law how the Lord had commanded through Moses that the sons of Israel were to live in booths during the feast of the seventh month.
• Hebrews 11:9By faith he lived as a stranger in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise;
• 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.
• Genesis 36:7For their possessions had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they resided could not support them because of their livestock.
• Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the Lord your God gives you.
• 1 Chronicles 16:19When they were only a few in number, Very few, and strangers in it,

Commentaries on Jeremiah 35:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6We will drink no wine - The reason is given above. Their whole religious and political institution consisted in obedience to three simple precepts, each of which has an appropriate spiritual meaning: - 1. Ye shall drink no wine - Ye shall preserve your bodies in temperance, shall use nothing that would deprive you of the exercise of your sober reason at any time; lest in such a time ye should do what might be prejudicial to yourselves, injurious to your…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Wine is the symbol of a settled life, because the vine requires time for its growth and care in its cultivation, while the preparation of the wine itself requires buildings, and it then has to be stored up before it is ready for use. The drink of nomads consists of the milk of their herds. Jeremiah 35:7 Strangers - Because not of Jewish blood, though wandering in their territory.Read the comment
• 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. 66. Jonadab ... our father--that is, forefather and director, three hundred years before (2Ki 10:15). They were called Rechabites, not Jonadabites, having received their name from Rechab the father, previously to their adopting the injunctions of Jonadab his son. This case affords no justification for slavish deference to the religious opinions of the Christian fathers: for Jonadab's injunction only affected matters of the present life; moreover, it was…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 35:6

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

In the dictionaries

• Jehonadab
• Jonadab
• Rechab
• Wine
• Drunkenness
• Father
• Gentiles
• Habaziniah
• Jehu
• Jeremiah (2)

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