But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept money and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?
Jeremiah 35:9 - New Revised Standard Version and not to build houses to live in. We have no vineyard or field or seed; 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: |
But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept money and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?
Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.
nor shall you ever build a house, or sow seed; nor shall you plant a vineyard, or even own one; but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you reside.’
It is clear you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come!”
Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment;