Jeremiah 16:2

In 11 translations

BSB

“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”

KJV

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

WEB

“You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.”

ASV

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

LSV

“You do not take a wife to yourself, || Nor do you have sons and daughters in this place.”

YLT

Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.

DBY

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, and thou shalt not have sons nor daughters in this place.

DRC

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have thee sons and daughters in this place.

GNV

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.

JPS

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

LXXE16:1

And thou shalt not take a wife, saith the Lord God of Israel: and there shall be no son born to thee, nor daughter in this place.

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WLC

לֹֽא־תִקַּ֥ח לְךָ֖ אִשָּׁ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יִהְי֤וּ לְךָ֙ בָּנִ֣ים וּבָנ֔וֹת בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

LXX-Br16:1

Καὶ σὺ μὴ λάβῃς γυναῖκα, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ οὐ γεννηθήσεταί σοι υἱὸς, οὐδὲ θυγάτηρ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 19:14So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was…
• Luke 23:29Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
• Luke 21:23How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
• 1 Corinthians 7:26–27Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is. Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
• Matthew 24:19How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

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