Elisha said to Gehazi, “That is not true! My heart was with you when the man {Naaman} turned from his chariot [56] to meet you. This is not the time to take money, clothes, olives, grapes, sheep, cows, or men and women servants.
Jeremiah 35:9 - Easy To Read Version We never build houses to live in. And we never own vineyards or fields. And we never plant crops. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And not to build ourselves houses to live in; nor do we have vineyard or field or seed. American Standard Version (1901) nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: Common English Bible And we haven’t built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields, or crops. Catholic Public Domain Version And we do not build houses in which to live. And we do not have vineyard, or field, or seed to sow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard or field or seed: |
Elisha said to Gehazi, “That is not true! My heart was with you when the man {Naaman} turned from his chariot [56] to meet you. This is not the time to take money, clothes, olives, grapes, sheep, cows, or men and women servants.
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Also, you must never build houses, plant seeds, or plant vineyards. You must never do any of those things. You must live only in tents. If you do that, then you will live a long time in the land where you move from place to place.’
Why should we follow you? You did not bring us into the new land filled with many good things. [203] You did not give us the land God promised. You did not give us the fields or the vineyards. Will you make these men your slaves? No! We will not come.”
It is true that serving God makes a person very rich, if that person is satisfied with what he has.