Jeremiah 29:28
For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
KJV
Quia super hoc misit in Babylonem ad nos, dicens : Longum est : ædificate domos, et habitate : et plantate hortos, et comedite fructus eorum.
Vulgate
forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?
ASV
כִּ֣י עַל כֵּ֞ן שָׁלַ֥ח אֵלֵ֛י/נוּ בָּבֶ֥ל לֵ/אמֹ֖ר אֲרֻכָּ֣ה הִ֑יא בְּנ֤וּ בָתִּים֙ וְ/שֵׁ֔בוּ וְ/נִטְע֣וּ גַנּ֔וֹת וְ/אִכְל֖וּ אֶת פְּרִי/הֶֽן
Hebrew
For he hath also sent to us in Babylon, saying: It is a long time: build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant gardens, and eat the fruits of them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 29:5 — Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
- Jer 29:5 — Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
- Zech 5:11 — And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.