Jeremiah 35 · Verse 7

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 where ye be strangers.
Jeremiah 35:7, King James Version

Jeremiah 35:7 in other translations

BSBNor 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.’
WEBYou shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, or have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, that you may live many days in the land in which you live as nomads.’
ASVneither 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.
YLTand 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.
DARBYneither 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.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterNeither 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 are strangers.

What does Jeremiah 35:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. tents--(Jud 4:17). live many days--according to the promise connected with the fifth commandment (Ex 20:12; Ep 6:2, 3). strangers--They were not of the stock of Jacob, but sojourners in Israel. Types of the children of God, pilgrims on earth, looking for heaven as their home: having little to lose, so that losing times cost them little alarm; sitting loose to what they have (He 10:34; 11:9, 10, 13-16).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 35:1-11

The obedience of the Rechabites. (Jr 35:1-11) The Jews' disobedience to the Lord. (Jr 35:12-19) Verses 1-11 Jonadab was famous for wisdom and piety. He lived nearly 300 years before, II Kin. 10:15. Jonadab charged his posterity not to drink wine. He also appointed them to dwell in tents, or movable dwelling: this would teach them not to think of settling any where in this world. To keep low, would be the way to…

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Jeremiah 35:7 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.

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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Cross references for Jeremiah 35:7

  • Jeremiah 35:10

    But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

  • Exodus 20:12

    Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  • Ephesians 6:2-3

    Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

  • Leviticus 23:42-43

    Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Genesis 25:27

    And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

  • Nehemiah 8:14-16

    And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

  • Hebrews 11:9-13

    By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. …

  • 1 Peter 2:11

    Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

  • Ephesians 5:18

    And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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10; Ge 25:27; Le 23:42,43; Ne 8:14-16; Eph 5:18; Heb 11:9-13
1Pe 2:11

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Context

  • Jeremiah 35:6

    But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

  • 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 where ye be strangers.

  • Jeremiah 35:8

    Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

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Jeremiah 35:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ni edificaréis casa, ni sembraréis sementera, ni plantaréis viña, ni la tendréis: mas moraréis en tiendas todos vuestros días, para que viváis muchos días sobre la haz de la tierra donde vosotros peregrináis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et vous ne bâtirez pas de maison, et vous ne sèmerez pas de semence, et vous ne planterez pas de vigne, et vous n’en aurez point; mais vous habiterez dans des tentes tous vos jours, afin que vous viviez beaucoup de jours sur la face de la terre où vous séjournez.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ihr sollt kein Haus bauen und keinen Samen säen und keinen Weinberg pflanzen, noch sie besitzen; sondern in Zelten sollt ihr wohnen alle eure Tage, auf daß ihr viele Tage lebet auf dem Erdboden, wo ihr euch aufhaltet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et domum non ædificabitis, et sementem non seretis, et vineas non plantabitis, nec habebitis: sed in tabernaculis habitabitis cunctis diebus vestris, ut vivatis diebus multis super faciem terræ in qua vos peregrinamini.