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Jeremiah 16:2

What does Jeremiah 16:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 16:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons and daughters in this place.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, and thou shalt not have sons nor daughters in this place.

Context

v.1The word of Jehovah came also unto me, saying,

v.2This passage

v.3For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 23:29

    For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

  • Genesis 19:14

    And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:26

    I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

  • Luke 21:23

    Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.

  • Matthew 24:19

    But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!

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