Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink. New Living Translation “And do not go to their feasts and parties. Do not eat and drink with them at all. English Standard Version You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink. Berean Standard Bible You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink. King James Bible Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. New King James Version Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.” New American Standard Bible Moreover, you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.” NASB 1995 “Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.” NASB 1977 “Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.” Legacy Standard Bible Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.” Amplified Bible And you [Jeremiah] shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.” Christian Standard Bible Do not enter the house where feasting is taking place to sit with them to eat and drink. Holman Christian Standard Bible You must not enter the house where feasting is taking place to sit with them to eat and drink. American Standard Version And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And you shall not enter a house of feasting to dwell with them, to eat and to drink Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou shalt not enter into the banquet-house, to sit with them to eat and to drink. Contemporary English Version Don't even set foot in a house where there is eating and drinking and celebrating. Douay-Rheims Bible And do not thou go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, and to eat and drink. English Revised Version And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Don't even go into a home where there is a banquet. Don't sit with them to eat and drink. Good News Translation "Do not enter a house where people are feasting. Do not sit down with them to eat and drink. International Standard Version Don't go to a banquet to sit with people to eat and drink." JPS Tanakh 1917 And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink. Literal Standard Version You do not enter a house of banqueting, | To sit with them, to eat and to drink,” Majority Standard Bible You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink. New American Bible Do not enter a house of feasting to sit eating and drinking with them. NET Bible "'Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either. New Revised Standard Version You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink. New Heart English Bible You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink. Webster's Bible Translation Also thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. World English Bible “You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.” Young's Literal Translation A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink, Additional Translations ... Context Disaster Predicted…7No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother. 8You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink. 9For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.… Cross References Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart. Isaiah 22:12 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. Jeremiah 15:17 I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation. Amos 6:4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. Treasury of Scripture You shall not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. Jeremiah 15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. Psalm 26:4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart… Jump to Previous Banqueting Drink Eat Enter Feasting Food House Moreover Seated SitJump to Next Banqueting Drink Eat Enter Feasting Food House Moreover Seated SitJeremiah 16 1. The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, 8. from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshows the utter ruin of the Jews; 10. because they were worse than their fathers. 14. Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt. 16. God will doubly recompense their idolatry. (8) Into the house of feasting.--Literally, the house of drinking, i.e., in this case, as interpreted by the next verse, of festive and mirthful gathering. This prohibition follows a fortiori from the other. If it was unmeet for the prophet to enter into the house of mourning, much more was he to hold himself aloof from mirth. He was to stand apart, in the awful consciousness of his solitary mission. The words of Ecclesiastes 7:2 come to our thoughts as teaching that it was better even so. Hebrew You must notלֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no enter תָב֖וֹא (ṯā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go a house וּבֵית־ (ū·ḇêṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house where there is feasting מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה (miš·teh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast and sit down לָשֶׁ֣בֶת (lā·še·ḇeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry with them אוֹתָ֑ם (’ō·w·ṯām) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among to eat לֶאֱכֹ֖ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 398: To eat and drink. וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ (wə·liš·tō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8354: To imbibe Links Jeremiah 16:8 NIVJeremiah 16:8 NLT Jeremiah 16:8 ESV Jeremiah 16:8 NASB Jeremiah 16:8 KJV Jeremiah 16:8 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 16:8 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 16:8 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 16:8 French Bible Jeremiah 16:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 16:8 You shall not go into the house (Jer.) |
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