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Jeremiah 35:7

King James Version (KJV)

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 where ye be strangers.

Translations

Jeremiah 35:7 - Amplified Bible

Neither shall you build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard or have them; but you shall dwell all your days in tents, that you may live many days in the land where you are temporary residents.

Jeremiah 35:7 - American Standard Version

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.

Jeremiah 35:7 - Bible in Basic English

And you are to make no houses, or put in seed, or get vine-gardens planted, or have any: but all your days you are to go on living in tents, so that you may have a long life in the land where you are living as in a strange country.

Jeremiah 35:7 - Darby Bible

neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor shall ye have [any]; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents, that ye may live many days in the land where ye sojourn.

Jeremiah 35:7 - English Standard Version

You shall not build a house; you shall not sow seed; you shall not plant or have a vineyard; but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn."

Jeremiah 35:7 - King James Version

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 where ye be strangers.

Jeremiah 35:7 - La Biblia de las Americas

"No edificaréis casa, ni sembraréis simiente, ni plantaréis viña, ni poseeréis ninguna, sino que habitaréis en tiendas todos vuestros dìas, para que viváis muchos dìas en la tierra donde sois peregrinos."

Jeremiah 35:7 - The Message

Jeremiah 35:7 - New American Standard Bible

~`You shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed and you shall not plant a vineyard or own one; but in tents you shall dwell all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.'

Jeremiah 35:7 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~'Tampoco edificarán casa, ni sembrarán simiente, ni plantarán viña, ni poseerán ninguna, sino que habitarán en tiendas todos sus dìas, para que vivan muchos dìas en la tierra donde son peregrinos.'

Jeremiah 35:7 - World English Bible

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 sojourn.

Jeremiah 35:7 - Young's Living Translation

and a house ye do not build, and seed ye do not sow, and a vineyard ye do not plant, nor have ye any; for in tents do ye dwell all your days, that ye may live many days on the face of the ground whither ye are sojourning.

Jeremiah 35:7 - Additional Comments

This was something their ancestor Jonadab had requested of his family, even though it was not part of the Nazarite oath.
They were to neither grow their own food nor build permanent houses.
This seemed like an odd request. Why did Jonadab require this? Tents were base and simple dwellings, to teach them to be humble; they were cold dwellings, to teach them to be hardy and not to indulge the body; they were movable dwellings, to teach them not to think of settling or taking root anywhere in this world, while they focus on and wait for their permanent home in heaven.

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