Jeremiah 35:9
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Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:

Jeremiah 35:7 Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.

Numbers 16:14 Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come.

2 Kings 5:26 But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man turned back, from his chariot, to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants.

Psalm 37:16 Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Context
The Obedience of the Rechabites
8Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters: 9Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:10But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.…
Cross References
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Psalm 37:16
Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

Jeremiah 35:7
Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.

Lexicon
Nor have we
וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י (ū·lə·ḇil·tî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

built
בְּנ֥וֹת (bə·nō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

houses
בָּתִּ֖ים (bāt·tîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

to live in
לְשִׁבְתֵּ֑נוּ (lə·šiḇ·tê·nū)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

[or]
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

had
יִֽהְיֶה־ (yih·yeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

vineyards,
וְכֶ֧רֶם (wə·ḵe·rem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3754: A garden, vineyard

fields,
וְשָׂדֶ֛ה (wə·śā·ḏeh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

or crops.
וָזֶ֖רַע (wā·ze·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity


Additional Translations
Nor have we built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields, or crops.Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

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

and so as to build no houses to dwell in: and we have had no vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

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

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

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

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

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