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Jeremiah 35:7

Nor 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.’

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ASV

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.

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.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבַ֣יִתu.Va.yitand a houseH1004 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תִבְנ֗וּtiv.Nuyou must buildH1129 →
וְזֶ֤רַעve.Ze.ra'and seedH2233 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תִזְרָ֙עוּ֙tiz.Ra.'uyou must sowH2232 →
וְכֶ֣רֶםve.Khe.remand a vineyardH3754 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תִטָּ֔עוּti.Ta.'uyou must plantH5193 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִֽהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehit will belongH1961 →
לָכֶ֑םla.Khemto <the> you
כִּ֠יkiforH3588 →
בָּאֳהָלִ֤יםbo.'o.ha.Limin tentsH168 →
תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙te.she.Vuyou will dwellH3427 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
יְמֵיכֶ֔םye.mei.Khemdays yourH3117 →
לְמַ֨עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616 →
תִּֽחְי֜וּtich.Yuyou may liveH2421 →
יָמִ֤יםya.MimdaysH3117 →
רַבִּים֙ra.BimmanyH7227 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הָאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhereH834 →
אַתֶּ֖ם'a.TemyouH859 →
גָּרִ֥יםga.Rim[are] sojourningH1481 →
שָֽׁם׃ShamthereH8033 →

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Jeremiah 35:10But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.Jeremiah 35:9Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.Ephesians 6:2–3“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.Leviticus 23:42–43You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.Nehemiah 8:14–16And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month.Hosea 12:9But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.Hebrews 11:9–13By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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