Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Not to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard and field and seed shall not be to us.

New American Standard Bible

nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; and we do not have vineyard or field or seed.

King James Version

Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Holman Bible

We also have not built houses to live in and do not have vineyard, field, or seed.

International Standard Version

and have built no houses to live in. We don't have vineyards, fields, or seed.

A Conservative Version

nor to build houses for us to dwell in. Neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed,

American Standard Version

nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Amplified

nor have we built ourselves houses to live in; nor do we have vineyards or fields or seed.

Bible in Basic English

Building no houses for ourselves, having no vine-gardens or fields or seed:

Darby Translation

and not to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed;

King James 2000

Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Lexham Expanded Bible

and not to build houses [for] our living, and there is not vineyard, or field, or seed for us.

Modern King James verseion

nor to build houses for us to live in. Nor do we have vineyard, nor field, nor seed.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Neither build we any house to dwell therein, we have also among us neither vineyards, nor corn land to sow:

NET Bible

We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.

New Heart English Bible

nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

The Emphasized Bible

and not to bud houses for us to dwell in, - and so, vineyard or field or seed, have we none;

Webster

Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

World English Bible

nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Youngs Literal Translation

nor to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard, and field, and seed, we have none;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Nor to build
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

for us to dwell in
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

כּרם 
Kerem 
Usage: 93

שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

God

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

The Faithfulness Of The Rechabites

8 And we will hear to the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab our father, for all which he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters; 9 Not to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard and field and seed shall not be to us. 10 And we will dwell in tents, and we will hear and we will do according to all which Jonadab our father commanded us.

Cross References

1 Timothy 6:6

But devotion with contentment is great gain.

Psalm 37:16

A little to the just one is good more than the wealth of many unjust.

Jeremiah 35:7

And ye shall not build a house, and ye shall not sow seed, and ye shall not plant a vineyard, and it shall not be, to you: for in tents shall ye dwell all your days, so that ye shall live many days upon the face of the earth where ye are strangers there.

Numbers 16:14

But not to a land flowing with milk and honey didst thou bring us; and wilt thou give to us the inheritance of field and vineyard? the eyes of these men wilt thou bore out? we will not come up.

2 Kings 5:26

And he will say to him, Went not my heart when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olive trees, and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and servants and maids?

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