Jeremiah 29:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Build yourselves houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat the fruit of them.

American Standard Version (1901)

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Common English Bible

Build houses and settle down; cultivate gardens and eat what they produce.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Build houses and live in them. And plant gardens, and eat from their fruit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Build ye houses and dwell in them: and plant orchards and eat the fruit of them.

Jeremiah 29:5 Cross References

Jeremiah 29:10

For thus saith the LORD, After seventy years be accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Jeremiah 29:28

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?

Jeremiah 29:6

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

Ezekiel 28:26

And they shall dwell securely therein; yea, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely; when I have executed judgements upon all those that do them despite round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.