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Jeremiah 16:2

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Thou shalt not take thee a wife, and thou shalt not have sons nor daughters in this place.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Thou shall not take to thee a wife,—Neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons and daughters in this place.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— You shall not take a wife for yourself, neither shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and there shall be no son born to thee, nor daughter in this place.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Thou shalt not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
take 3947
{3947} Prime
לָקַח
laqach
{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
thee a wife, 802
{0802} Prime
אִשָּׁה
'ishshah
{ish-shaw'}
The first form is the feminine of H0376 or H0582; the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H0582).
neither x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
shalt thou have x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
sons 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
or daughters 1323
{1323} Prime
בַּת
bath
{bath}
From H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively).
in this x2088
(2088) Complement
זֶה
zeh
{zeh}
A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.
place. 4725
{4725} Prime
מָקוֹם
maqowm
{maw-kome'}
From H6965; properly a standing, that is, a spot; but used widely of a locality (generally or specifically); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Jeremiah 16:2

_ _ in this place — in Judea. The direction to remain single was (whether literally obeyed, or only in prophetic vision) to symbolize the coming calamities of the Jews (Ezekiel 24:15-27) as so severe that the single state would be then (contrary to the ordinary course of things) preferable to the married (compare 1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Corinthians 7:26, 1 Corinthians 7:29; Matthew 24:19; Luke 23:29).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Jeremiah 16:1-9.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Jeremiah 16:2

Thou shalt not take (a) thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place.

(a) Meaning that the affliction would be so horrible in Jerusalem that a wife and children would only increase his sorrow.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Genesis 19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
Matthew 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Luke 21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
Luke 23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
1 Corinthians 7:26-27 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be. ... Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 19:14. Mt 24:19. Lk 21:23; 23:29. 1Co 7:26.

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