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Jeremiah 35:9

Obedience

7 Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

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.

Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.

10 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.”

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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.

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BSB
Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.
KJV
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
WEB
and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;
ASV
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
DARBY
and not to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed;
BLB
and so as not to build houses for our dwelling, and not is unto us a vineyard or field or seed.
ÅB
og ikke bygge oss hus å bo i og ikke ha vingård eller åker og ikke så korn.
OTB
og ikke bygge hus å bo i, og vi har ikke vingårder, marker eller avlinger.
B1930
og ikke bygge oss hus å bo i og ikke ha vingård eller aker og ikke så korn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Timothy 6:6

    Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

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  • Jeremiah 35:7

    Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

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  • Psalms 37:16

    Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

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  • 2 Kings 5:26

    But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?

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  • Numbers 16:14

    Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”

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