Jeremiah 29:5

Build ye houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eate the fruit of them.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

'Build houses and live {in them;} and plant gardens and eat their produce.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
- Basic English Bible

"Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
- Darby Bible

Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
- English Revised Version

Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 29:5

29:3 By the hand - Zedekiah having some occasion to send two messengers to Babylon. Jeremiah knowing that as there were false prophets at Jerusalem, who fed people with hopes of a speedy return, so there were some with them in Babylon, writes the following letter, and sends it by these two messengers, to quiet the peoples minds.