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Legacy Standard Bible

Jeremiah 16:8

Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Scofield Reference Index - Kingdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Burial;   Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Burial;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Funeral;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Burial;   Mourning;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lord's Supper. (I.);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Burial;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mourning;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not enter the house where feasting is taking place to sit with them to eat and drink.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
King James Version
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
English Standard Version
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.
New American Standard Bible
"Moreover, you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink."
New Century Version
"Do not go into a house where the people are having a feast to sit down to eat and drink,
Amplified Bible
"And you [Jeremiah] shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink."
World English Bible
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt not also goe into the house of feasting to sit with them to eate and to drinke.
Berean Standard Bible
You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.
Contemporary English Version
Don't even set foot in a house where there is eating and drinking and celebrating.
Complete Jewish Bible
And you are not to go into any house where there is celebrating to sit with them, eating and drinking.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Jeremiah, don't go into a house where the people are having a party. Don't go into that house and sit down to eat and drink.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Good News Translation
"Do not enter a house where people are feasting. Do not sit down with them to eat and drink.
Lexham English Bible
And you shall not enter the house of the banquet, to sit with them, to eat and drink."
Literal Translation
Also you shall not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and drink.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt not go in to their feast house, to syt downe, moch lesse to eate or drynke with them.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Bible in Basic English
And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not also goe into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drinke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt not go into their feast house, to sit downe to eate or drynke with them:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou shalt not enter into the banquet-house, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt not entre in to the hous of feeste, that thou sitte with hem, and ete, and drynke.
Update Bible Version
And you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Webster's Bible Translation
Also thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
New English Translation
"‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.
New King James Version
Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink."
New Living Translation
"And do not go to their feasts and parties. Do not eat and drink with them at all.
New Life Bible
Do not go into a house where they are eating much and sit with them to eat and drink."
New Revised Standard
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the house of banqueting, shall thou not enter To sit with them, To eat and to drink.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And do not thou go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, and to eat and drink:
Revised Standard Version
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.
Young's Literal Translation
A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,
THE MESSAGE
"And if there happens to be a feast celebrated, don't go there either to enjoy the festivities."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink."

Contextual Overview

1The word of Yahweh also came to me saying, 2"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place." 3For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and daughters born in this place and concerning their mothers who bear them and their fathers who beget them in this land: 4"They will die of deadly diseases; they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth." 5For thus says Yahweh, "Do not enter the house of the funeral meal, or go to lament or to console them; for I have withdrawn My peace from this people," declares Yahweh, "My lovingkindness and compassion. 6Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried; they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them. 7Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of comforting to drink for anyone's father or mother. 8Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink." 9For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I am going to cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 15:17, Psalms 26:4, Ecclesiastes 7:2-4, Isaiah 22:12-14, Amos 6:4-6, Matthew 24:38, Luke 17:27-29, 1 Corinthians 5:11, Ephesians 5:11

Reciprocal: Matthew 11:18 - John Luke 7:33 - came

Cross-References

Genesis 3:9
Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 4:10
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground.
Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian servant-woman whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, Yahweh has shut my womb from bearing children. Please go in to my servant-woman; perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:4
So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. Then she saw that she had conceived, so her mistress became contemptible in her sight.
Genesis 16:5
And Sarai said to Abram, "May the violence done to me be upon you. I gave my servant-woman into your embrace, but she saw that she had conceived, so I became contemptible in her sight. May Yahweh judge between you and me."
Genesis 16:8
And he said, "Hagar, Sarai's servant-woman, where have you come from and where are you going?" And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."
1 Samuel 26:19
So now, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If Yahweh has incited you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men, cursed are they before Yahweh, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.'
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler's temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because calmness causes great offenses to be abandoned.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shall not also go into the house of feasting,.... Which it was lawful to do, and which the prophet doubtless had done at other times; but now a time of calamity coming on, it was not proper he should; and the rather he was to abstain from such places, and from pleasant conversation with his friends, to assure them that such a time was coming, and this his conduct was a sign of it; for which reason he is forbid to attend any entertainment of his friends, on account of marriage, or any other circumstance of life, for which feasts were used:

to sit with them to eat and to drink: which not only expresses the position at table, but continuance there; for at feasts men not only eat and drink for necessity, or just to satisfy nature, but for pleasure, and unto and with cheerfulness; which may lawfully be done, provided that temperance and sobriety be preserved; but the prophet is not allowed to do that now, which at other times he might do, and did; and that on purpose that his friends might take notice of it, and inquire the reason of it, the distress that was coming upon them, as the words following show.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 16:8. Thou shalt not also go into the house of feastingFuneral banquets were made to commemorate the dead, and comfort the surviving relatives; and the cup of consolation, strong mingled wine, was given to those who were deepest in distress, to divert their minds and to soothe their sorrows. These kinds of ceremonies were common among almost all the nations of the world on funeral occasions. The Canaanites, the Jews, the Persians, Arabians, New Zealanders, Huns, &c., &c.


 
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