Jeremiah 35:10
8 And 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.
9 Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.
But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.
11 So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.
- KJV
- But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
- WEB
- but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
- ASV
- but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
- DARBY
- but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
- BLB
- And we have dwelt in tents, and we have heard and done according to all that Jonadab our father has commanded us.
- ÅB
- Og vi bodde i telt og var lydige og gjorde alt som vår far Jonadab hadde pålagt oss.
- OTB
- Vi har bodd i telt og har adlydt og gjort alt som vår stamfar Jonadab bød oss.
- B1930
- Og vi bodde i telt og var lydige og gjorde alt som vår far Jonadab hadde pålagt oss.