Jeremiah 22:14
Jeremiah chapter 22 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
KJV
King James Version · 1611That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Context
v.13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
v.14This passage
v.15Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 7:2
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
- Song of Solomon 1:17
The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs.
- Isaiah 9:9
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in pride and in stoutness of heart,
- 2 Chronicles 3:5
And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.
- Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.
- Luke 14:28
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?