Jeremiah 35:9 “Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any v…”

Jeremiah 35:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

World English Bible

and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;

American Standard Version

nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Geneva Bible 1599

Neither builde wee houses for vs to dwell in, neither haue we vineyard, nor fielde, nor seede,

Darby Translation

and not to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed;

Young's Literal Translation

nor to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard, and field, and seed, we have none;

Bible in Basic English

Building no houses for ourselves, having no vine-gardens or fields or seed:

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Cross references

“Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:”

1 Timothy 6:6 Jeremiah 35:7 Psalm 37:16 Numbers 16:14 2 Kings 5:26

1 Timothy 6:6 · BSB

Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

Jeremiah 35:7 · BSB

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.’

Psalm 37:16 · BSB

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

Numbers 16:14 · BSB

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!”

2 Kings 5:26 · BSB

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 mai…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8And 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.

10But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.

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