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Jeremiah 16:1–2

Famine, Sword, and Death

16 The word of the Lord came to me: “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.

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Jeremiah 16:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to me: “You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.”

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying, Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The Lord gave me another message. He said, “Do not get married or have children in this place.

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The word of the Lord also came to me, saying, “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.”

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

Then the Lord spoke his word to me: “You must not get married or have sons or daughters in this place.”

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The word of Jehovah came also unto me, saying, Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Thou shalt not take thee a wife, and thou shalt not have sons nor daughters in this place.

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Lord spoke his word to me. He said, “Don’t marry! Don’t have any sons or daughters in this place!

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The word of the Lord came to me: “You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The word of the Lord came to me: You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “You shall not take for yourself a wife, there shall not be for you sons and daughters in this place.”

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

A message came to me from the Lord. He said, “You must not get married. You must not have any sons or daughters in this land.”

Jeremiah 16:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The word of the Lord also came to me saying,

“You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place.”


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