Jeremiah 35:10

Jeremiah 35:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
• New Living Translation (NLT)We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed all the commands of Jehonadab, our ancestor.

Context of Jeremiah 35:10

8We have obeyed everything our forefather Jehonadab son of Rekab commanded us. Neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters have ever drunk wine 9or built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields or crops. We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed everything our forefather Jehonadab commanded us. 11But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded this land, we said, ‘Come, we must go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian and Aramean armies.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.” 12Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:

Jeremiah 35:10 word by word

וַנֵּ֖שֶׁב בָּֽאֳהָלִ֑ים וַנִּשְׁמַ֣ע וַנַּ֔עַשׂ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖נוּ יוֹנָדָ֥ב אָבִֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But we have dwelt inיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• and have obeyedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
• and doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• according to all that Jonadabיוֹנָדָבyônâdâb · JonadabH3122
• our fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680

Commentaries on Jeremiah 35:10

• 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 35:10

• Abstinence, Total
• Hanan
• Jonadab
• Wine

In the dictionaries

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