nor to build ourselves houses to live in; and we do not have a vineyard, a field, or seed.
Parallel translations
- WEB and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;
- KJV Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
- BSB Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.
- NKJV nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; nor do we have vineyard, field, or seed.
- NLT We haven’t built houses or owned vineyards or farms or planted crops.
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Quick answer
They have also kept the command to build no houses and own no vineyards or fields. Their obedience extends to every detail.
Overview
Faithful to Jonadab's instructions, they have refrained from settled life, owning no permanent property. Their consistency in even these difficult requirements shows wholehearted commitment. This complete obedience exposes by contrast the half-heartedness of God's covenant people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Tim 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Jer 35:7You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, or have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you live.’
- Ps 37:16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
- 2 Kgs 5:26He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?
- Num 16:14Moreover you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We won’t come up.”
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