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Jeremiah 16:1–3

Jeremiah’s Life-Style and Message

16 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.” For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them and their fathers who begot them in this land:

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Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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.” For this is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers:

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The word of the Lord came to me: “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place. For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bore them and the fathers who fathered them in this land:

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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. For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The Lord gave me another message. He said, “Do not get married or have children in this place. For this is what the Lord says about the children born here in this city and about their mothers and fathers:

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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.”

The Lord says this about the sons and daughters born in this land and their mothers and fathers:

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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. For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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. For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bear them, and concerning their fathers that beget them in this land:

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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! This is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters born in this place and about the mothers and fathers who have children in this land:

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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. For this is what the Lord says concerning sons and daughters born in this place as well as concerning the mothers who bear them and the fathers who father them in this land:

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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. For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bear them and the fathers who beget them in this land:

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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.” For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and concerning the daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who gave birth to them, and concerning their fathers who fathered them in this land:

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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.”

Here is the Lord’s message about the children who are born in this place. He says about them and their parents,

Jeremiah 16:1–3 — 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.”

For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bear them, and their fathers who beget them in this land:


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