Jeremiah 29:5
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
American King James Version (AKJV)
Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
American Standard Version (ASV)
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
Webster's Revision
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
World English Bible
Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Clarke's Jeremiah 29:5 Bible Commentary
Build ye houses - Prepare for a long continuance in your present captivity. Provide yourselves with the necessaries of life, and multiply in the land, that ye may become a powerful people.