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Berean Standard Bible

“Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’”

Jeremiah 35:7

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God sends Jeremiah to the Rechabites, a family known for keeping the instructions of their ancestor Jonadab.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

World English Bible (WEB)

You 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 as nomads.’

King James Version (KJV)

Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

American Standard Version (ASV)

neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And you are to make no houses, or put in seed, or get vine-gardens planted, or have any: but all your days you are to go on living in tents, so that you may have a long life in the land where you are living as in a strange country.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Ni edificaréis casa, ni sembraréis sementera, ni plantaréis viña, ni la tendréis: mas moraréis en tiendas todos vuestros días, para que viváis muchos días sobre la haz de la tierra donde vosotros peregrináis.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Nos dijo también que no construyéramos casa ni tuviéramos viñedos ni otras plantaciones ni fuéramos dueños de fincas, sino que viviéramos siempre en tiendas, y que si obedecíamos tendríamos larga y buena vida en nuestra tierra.

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