But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
Jeremiah 35:9 - Revised Standard Version and not to build houses to dwell 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 the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
Better is a little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
you shall not build a house; you shall not sow seed; you shall not plant or have a vineyard; but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.’
Moreover you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.”