Jeremiah Chapter 29 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 29:6

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.
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BBE Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.
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DARBY Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and be not diminished.
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KJV Jeremiah 29:6

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
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WBT Jeremiah 29:6


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WEB Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there, and don't be diminished.
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YLT Jeremiah 29:6

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;
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Ellicott's Commentary

Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewTakeקְח֣וּ (qə·ḥū)Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralStrong's 3947: To takewivesנָשִׁ֗ים (nā·šîm)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 802: Woman, wife, femaleand haveוְהוֹלִידוּ֮ (wə·hō·w·lî·ḏū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine pluralStrong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineagesonsבָּנִ֣ים (bā·nîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 1121: A sonand daughters.וּבָנוֹת֒ (ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 1323: A daughterTakeוּקְח֨וּ (ū·qə·ḥū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralStrong's 3947: To takewivesנָשִׁ֗ים (nā·šîm)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 802: Woman, wife, femalefor your sonsלִבְנֵיכֶ֜ם (liḇ·nê·ḵem)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 1121: A sonand giveתְּנ֣וּ (tə·nū)Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralStrong's 5414: To give, put, setyour daughtersבְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ (bə·nō·w·ṯê·ḵem)Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 1323: A daughterin marriage,לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים (la·’ă·nā·šîm)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 582: Man, mankindso that they too may haveוְתֵלַ֖דְנָה (wə·ṯê·laḏ·nāh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine pluralStrong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineagesonsבָּנִ֣ים (bā·nîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 1121: A sonand daughters.וּבָנ֑וֹת (ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 1323: A daughterMultiplyוּרְבוּ־ (ū·rə·ḇū-)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralStrong's 7235: To be or become much, many or greatthere;שָׁ֖ם (šām)AdverbStrong's 8033: There, then, thitherdo notוְאַל־ (wə·’al-)Conjunctive waw | AdverbStrong's 408: Notdecrease.תִּמְעָֽטוּ׃ (tim·‘ā·ṭū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 4591: To pare off, lessen, in, to be, small, fewJump to PreviousBear Beget Daughters Decrease Diminished Fathers Few Find Husbands Increase Increased Less Marriage Marry Multiply Wives