But they replied, “We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jehonadab[a](A) son of Rekab gave us this command: ‘Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 35:6 Hebrew Jonadab, a variant of Jehonadab; here and often in this chapter

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:

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But they said, “We will drink no wine, for (A)Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall drink (B)no wine, you nor your sons, forever.

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Also you must never build houses, sow seed or plant vineyards; you must never have any of these things, but must always live in tents.(A) Then you will live a long time in the land(B) where you are nomads.’

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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.

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You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, nor have any of these; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, (A)that you may live many days in the land where you are sojourners.’

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