Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.
New American Standard Bible
“You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place.”
King James Version
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
Holman Bible
“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.
International Standard Version
"You are not to take a wife, nor are you to have sons or daughters in this place."
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not take thee a wife, nor shall thou have sons or daughters, in this place.
Amplified
“You shall not take a wife or have sons and daughters in this place (Jerusalem).”
Bible in Basic English
You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, and thou shalt not have sons nor daughters in this place.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not take to thee a wife, and sons and daughters shall not be to thee in this place.
King James 2000
You shall not take you a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"You shall not take for yourself a wife, there shall not be for you sons and daughters in this place."
Modern King James verseion
You shall not take a wife for yourself, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Thou shalt take thee no wife, nor beget children in this place.
NET Bible
"Do not get married and do not have children here in this land.
New Heart English Bible
"You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shall not take to thee a wife, - Neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.
Webster
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place.
World English Bible
You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.
Interlinear
Laqach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 16:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah Is Commanded Not To Marry
1 The word of Jehovah came also unto me, saying, 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place. 3 For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:26-27
I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked.
Matthew 24:19
But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
Luke 21:23
Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.
Luke 23:29
For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.