How long wilt thou smite, O sword of the Lord? how long will it be ere thou art quiet? return into thy sheath, rest, and be removed.
GNV
Jeremiah 29:6
Take you wiues, and beget sonnes and daughters, and take wiues for your sonnes, and giue your daughters to husbands, that they may beare sonnes and daughters, that ye may bee increased there, and not diminished.
Parallel Translations
How long will you strike, O sword of the Lord? how long will it be ere you are quiet? return into your sheath, rest, and be removed.
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.
Take wives and father sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there, and don’t be diminished.
Cross References
Genesis 21:21Judges 12:9Genesis 29:19Genesis 28:1–4Genesis 24:3–4Genesis 24:511 Corinthians 7:36–38Jeremiah 16:2–4Genesis 1:27–28Genesis 34:4Judges 1:12–14Judges 14:2Genesis 9:71 Timothy 5:14Genesis 24:60
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