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Jeremiah 35:9

Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

KJV

et non ædificaremus domos ad habitandum : et vineam, et agrum, et sementem non habuimus :

Vulgate

ὁ προφήτης ὁ προφητεύσας εἰς εἰρήνην, ἐλθόντος τοῦ λόγου γνώσονται τὸν προφήτην ὃν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοῖς Κύριος ἐν πίστει.

LXX

nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

ASV

וּ/לְ/בִלְתִּ֛י בְּנ֥וֹת בָּתִּ֖ים לְ/שִׁבְתֵּ֑/נוּ וְ/כֶ֧רֶם וְ/שָׂדֶ֛ה וָ/זֶ֖רַע לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה לָּֽ/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בִלְתִּ֖י
blty
preposition · 112×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
י
y
noun · 92×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 6:6 — But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Jer 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.
  • Ps 37:16 — A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.