Jeremiah 35 · Verse 19

Jeremiah 35:19

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Jeremiah 35:19, King James Version

Jeremiah 35:19 in other translations

BSBthis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
WEBtherefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man to stand before me forever.’”
ASVtherefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
YLTtherefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Of Jonadab son of Rechab one standing before me is not cut off all the days.'
DARBYtherefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, There shall not fail to Jonadab the son of Rechab a man to stand before me, for ever.
BBEFor this reason the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Jonadab, the son of Rechab, will never be without a man to take his place before me.
WebsterTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

What does Jeremiah 35:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. not want a man to stand before me--There shall always be left representatives of the clan to worship Me (Jr 15:1, 19); or, "before Me" means simple existence, for all things in existence are in God's sight (Psa 89:36). The Rechabites returned from the captivity. Wolff found traces of them in Arabia.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Thus saith the Lord - Jonadab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever - His name shall ever be honorable, and his posterity shall enjoy my continual protection, and there shall never be found a time in which men of his spirit shall be wanting as patterns of genuine simplicity, filial obedience, purity of manners, and deadness to the world. True Christians may be considered as the genuine successors of these ancient Rechabites; and some suppose that the Essenes, in our Lord's time, were literally their descendants and that these were they who followed our Lord particularly, and became the first converts to the Gospel. If so, the prophecy is literally fulfilled: they shall never want a man to stand before God, to proclaim his salvation, and minister to the edification and salvation of others, as long as the earth shall endure.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 35:12-19

The trial of the Rechabites' constancy was for a sign; it made the disobedience of the Jews to God the more marked. The Rechabites were obedient to one who was but a man like themselves, and Jonadab never did for his seed what God has done for his people. Mercy is promised to the Rechabites. We are not told respecting the performance of this promise; but doubtless it was performed, and travellers say the Rechabites…

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Jeremiah 35:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כֹּ֥הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֛ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִכָּרֵ֨תyi.ka.Retit will be cut offH3772
אִ֜ישׁ'isha manH376
לְיוֹנָדָ֧בle.yo.na.Davto JonadabH3122
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
רֵכָ֛בre.KhavRechabH7394
עֹמֵ֥ד'o.Med[who] will standH5975
לְפָנַ֖יle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַיָּמִֽים\׃\ \פhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117

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Cross references for Jeremiah 35:19

  • Jeremiah 15:19

    Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

  • Luke 21:36

    Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

  • Jude 1:24

    Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

  • Jeremiah 33:17-18

    For thus saith the Lord; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

  • Psalms 5:5

    The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:55

    And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jonadab, etc. Heb. There shall not a man be cut off fromJonadab the son of Rechab to stand, etc.
33:17; 1Ch 2:55
stand.
15:19; 33:17,18; Ps 5:5; Lu 21:36; Jude 1:24

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Context

  • Jeremiah 35:18

    And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

  • Jeremiah 35:19

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

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Jeremiah 35:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: No faltará varón de Jonadab, hijo de Rechâb, que esté en mi presencia todos los días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		à cause de cela, ainsi dit l’ Éternel des armées, le Dieu d’Israël: Jonadab, fils de Récab, ne manquera jamais d’un homme qui se tienne devant moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		darum spricht Jehova der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels, also: Es soll Jonadab, dem Sohne Rekabs, nicht an einem Manne fehlen, der vor mir stehe, alle Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Non deficiet vir de stirpe Jonadab filii Rechab, stans in conspectu meo cunctis diebus.