King James Version
Jeremiah 35:10 in the King James Version says “But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.”
Jeremiah 35:10 · KJV
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But we have dwelt in”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“and have obeyed”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“according to all that Jonadab”
H3122jonadab, the name of an israelite and of a rechabite
“our father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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