World English Bible
"nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:"
— Jeremiah 35:9, World English 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: ”
“We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.”
“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 said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever:
neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you live.
We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.
Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,