NET Bible
"We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops."
— Jeremiah 35:9, NET Bible
“Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:”
“nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: ”
“nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:”
“Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:”
“Building no houses for ourselves, having no vine-gardens or fields or seed:”
“Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:”
But they answered,“We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us,‘You and your children must never drink wine.
Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.’
We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us. We have never drunk wine.
We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.
We have lived in tents. We have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab and done exactly as he commanded us.
But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land we said,‘Let’s get up and go to Jerusalem to get away from the Babylonian and Aramean armies.’ That is why we are staying here in Jerusalem.”
Then the LORD’s message came to Jeremiah.