Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. New Living Translation “Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce. English Standard Version Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Berean Standard Bible “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce. King James Bible Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; New King James Version Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. New American Standard Bible ‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce. NASB 1995 Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce. NASB 1977 ‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens, and eat their produce. Legacy Standard Bible ‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit. Amplified Bible ‘Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. Christian Standard Bible “Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce. Holman Christian Standard Bible “Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce. American Standard Version Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Build houses and dwell and plant gardens and eat their produce Brenton Septuagint Translation Build ye houses, and inhabit them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruits thereof; Contemporary English Version to settle there and build houses. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them. Douay-Rheims Bible Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them. English Revised Version Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; GOD'S WORD® Translation Build houses, and live in them. Plant gardens, and eat what they produce. Good News Translation 'Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them. International Standard Version Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce. JPS Tanakh 1917 Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Literal Standard Version Build houses and abide; and plant gardens and eat their fruit; Majority Standard Bible “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce. New American Bible Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruits. NET Bible Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce. New Revised Standard Version Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. New Heart English Bible 'Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit. Webster's Bible Translation Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; World English Bible “Build houses and dwell in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit. Young's Literal Translation Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles…4This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce. 6Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.… Cross References Jeremiah 29:28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.'" Jeremiah 29:6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease. Treasury of Scripture Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Jeremiah 29:10,28 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place… Ezekiel 28:26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God. Jump to Previous Abide Build Building Dwell Eat Fruit Gardens Houses Live Plant Planting Produce Settle UsingJump to Next Abide Build Building Dwell Eat Fruit Gardens Houses Live Plant Planting Produce Settle UsingJeremiah 29 1. Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives in Babylon to be quiet there,8. and not to believe the dreams of their prophets; 10. and that they shall return with grace after seventy years. 15. He foretells the destruction of the rest for their disobedience. 20. He shows the fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah, two false prophets. 24. Shemaiah writes a letter against Jeremiah. 30. Jeremiah foretells his doom. (5) Build ye houses, and dwell in them.--The command had a two-fold bearing. It counselled a patient acceptance of the present state of things. It announced, as the next verse does yet more emphatically, that their exile would last for at least two generations. It indicates, also, the comparative leniency with which the exiles were treated. They were allowed to become possessors both of lands and houses. The favour shown to Daniel and his friends would, of course, tend to make their condition more tolerable. Hebrew ‘Buildבְּנ֥וּ (bə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1129: To build houses בָתִּ֖ים (ḇāt·tîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1004: A house and settle down. וְשֵׁ֑בוּ (wə·šê·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry Plant וְנִטְע֣וּ (wə·niṭ·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant gardens גַנּ֔וֹת (ḡan·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1593: A garden and eat וְאִכְל֖וּ (wə·’iḵ·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 398: To eat their produce. פִּרְיָֽן׃ (pir·yān) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural Strong's 6529: Fruit Links Jeremiah 29:5 NIVJeremiah 29:5 NLT Jeremiah 29:5 ESV Jeremiah 29:5 NASB Jeremiah 29:5 KJV Jeremiah 29:5 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 29:5 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 29:5 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 29:5 French Bible Jeremiah 29:5 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 29:5 Build you houses and dwell in them (Jer.) |
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