American King James Version
"Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; "
— Jeremiah 29:5, American King James Version
“Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;”
“Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. ”
“Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.”
“‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.”
“Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.”
“Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;”
“Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;”
(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon;
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Take you wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that you may be increased there, and not diminished.
And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray to the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall you have peace. ¶
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the middle of you, deceive you, neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.