Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
But they said, We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, you nor your sons forever.
New American Standard Bible
But they said, “We will not drink wine, for
King James Version
But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
Holman Bible
But they replied, “We do not drink wine, for Jonadab,
International Standard Version
But they said, "We won't drink wine, because our ancestor, Rechab's son Jonadab commanded us: "You and your descendants are never to drink wine!
A Conservative Version
But they said, We will drink no wine. For Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, forever.
American Standard Version
But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever:
Amplified
But they said, “We will not drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us: ‘You shall not drink wine, neither you nor your sons, forever.
Bible in Basic English
But they said, We will take no wine: for Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, gave us orders, saying, You are to take no wine, you or your sons, for ever:
Darby Translation
And they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, ye nor your sons for ever;
Julia Smith Translation
And they will say, We shall not drink wine: for Jonadab, son of Rechab our father, commanded to us, saying, Ye shall not drink wine, ye and your sons even to forever.
King James 2000
But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons forever:
Lexham Expanded Bible
But they answered, "We will not drink wine, for Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our ancestor, commanded us, {saying}, 'You shall not drink wine, you or your children, {forever}.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But they said, "We drink no wine, for Jonadab the
NET Bible
But they answered, "We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us, 'You and your children must never drink wine.
New Heart English Bible
But they said, "We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, 'You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever:
The Emphasized Bible
Then said they, - We will not drink wine, - for Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, laid command upon us, saying, Ye shall not drink wine, ye, nor your sons, unto times age-abiding;
Webster
But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
World English Bible
But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever:
Youngs Literal Translation
And they say, 'We do not drink wine: for Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, charged us, saying, Ye do not drink wine, ye and your sons -- unto the age;
Themes
Abstinence » Total abstinence » Strong Drink » The law of the rechabites
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Total abstinence » Instances of » Rechabites
Hanan » A levite » 7. An officer in the temple
Jehonadab » Or jehonadab, son of rechab
Jonadab » Or jehonadab, son of rechab
Jonadab » Also called jehonadab » His sons refuse to drink wine in obedience to his command
Rechabites » Prohibited by jonadab from forming settlements or drinking wine
Rechabites » Encouraged by jonadab to drink no wine
Self-denial » Exemplified » Rechabites
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » The law of the rechabites
Temperance » Total abstinence » The law of the rechabites
Temptation » Resisted, example of » The rechabites and daniel, by refusing wine
Interlinear
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Tsavah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 35:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Faithfulness Of The Rechabites
5 And I set pots full of wine, and cups, before the sons of the house of the Rechabites. And I said to them, Drink wine! 6 But they said, We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, you nor your sons forever. 7 Nor shall you build houses, nor sow seed, nor plant a vineyard, nor have anything; but all your days you shall live in tents, so that you may live many days in the land where you are strangers.
Cross References
2 Kings 10:15
And he left there and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. And he greeted him and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it is, give your hand. And he gave his hand. And he took him up to him into the chariot.
Leviticus 10:9
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die, a statute forever throughout your generations.
Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drink wine nor strong drink. And he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
Judges 13:7
But He said to me, Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
Judges 13:14
She may not eat of all that comes from the vine, neither let her drink wine nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. Let her do all that I commanded her.
1 Chronicles 2:55
And the families of the scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Genesis 25:27
And the boys grew. And Esau was a man knowing hunting, and Jacob was a simple man, living in tents.
Genesis 36:7
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together. And the land of their travels could not bear them because of their cattle.
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
Leviticus 23:42-43
You shall live in booths seven days. All that are born Israelites shall live in booths,
Numbers 6:2-5
Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When a man or a woman shall vow a vow, a vow of a Nazarite, to be separated to Jehovah,
2 Kings 10:23
And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal. And he said to the servants of Baal, Search and look, that there may not be here with you any of the servants of Jehovah, but only the servants of Baal.
1 Chronicles 16:19
when you were but few, even a few, and strangers in it,
Nehemiah 8:14-16
And they found written in the Law which Jehovah had commanded by Moses, that the sons of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month,
Psalm 105:12
when they were a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
Jeremiah 35:10
But we have lived in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
1 Corinthians 7:26-31
Then I think this is good, because of the present necessity; that it is good for a man to be so.
Ephesians 6:2-3
Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),
Hebrews 11:9-13
By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs of the same promise with him.
1 Peter 2:11
Dearly beloved, I exhort you as temporary residents and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,