Jeremiah 35:9
Jeremiah chapter 35 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Context
v.8And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;
v.9This passage
v.10but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 5:26
And he said unto him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?
- Numbers 16:14
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
- Jeremiah 35:7
neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.
- 1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain:
- Psalms 37:16
Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.