New English Translation
Jeremiah 35:9
9We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.
Jeremiah 35:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
- New International Version (NIV)or built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields or crops.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and not to build houses to dwell in. We have no vineyard or field or seed,
- New King James Version (NKJV)nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; nor do we have vineyard, field, or seed.
Context of Jeremiah 35:9
7Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.’ 8We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us. We have never drunk wine. We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops. 10We have lived in tents. We have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab and done exactly as he commanded us. 11But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land we said, ‘Let’s get up and go to Jerusalem to get away from the Babylonian and Aramean armies.’ That is why we are staying here in Jerusalem.”
Read all of Jeremiah 35Jeremiah 35:9 word by word
וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י בְּנ֥וֹת בָּתִּ֖ים לְשִׁבְתֵּ֑נוּ וְכֶ֧רֶם וְשָׂדֶ֛ה וָזֶ֖רַע לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה־לָּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 35:9
- Jeremiah 35:7Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.’
- Numbers 16:14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up.”
- 2 Kings 5:26Elisha replied, “I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants.
- Psalms 37:16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,
- 1 Timothy 6:6Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 35:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-10Verses 8-10 Our father - Not merely our ancestor, but the founder of our institutions.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. 1-19By the obedience of the Rechabites to their father, Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews to God their Father. The Holy Spirit has arranged Jeremiah's prophecies by the moral rather than the chronological connection. From the history of an event fifteen years before, the Jews, who had brought back their manumitted servants into bondage, are taught how much God loves and rewards obedience, and hates and punishes disobedience. 2. Rechabites--a…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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