Jeremiah 35:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.”
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“Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:”
King James Version · Public Domain“nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“nor to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard, and field, and seed, we have none;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 35:9 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 16:14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”
- 2 Kings 5:26But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
- Psalms 37:16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
- Jeremiah 35:7Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’
- 1 Timothy 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
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