Jeremiah 35 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Chapter 35
The Rechabites and ancestral obedience
Hebrew source: BHS35 • chapter 35
Greek source: LXX42 • chapter 42
Verse 35:1 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:1] The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim king of Judah:
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks son of Josiah.
Verse 35:2 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:2] Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak with them. Bring them into YHWH's house, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:2] Go to the house of the Rechabites. Bring them into the Lord's house, into one of the courts, and give them wine to drink.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek courts differs from Hebrew chambers and lacks speak-with-them. Archabin is the Greek family designation, rendered Rechabites in light of its explicit Rechab ancestry in verse six.
Verse 35:3 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:3] I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah son of Habazziniah, his brothers, all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:3] I brought out Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah son of Habazziniah, his brothers, his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks all before sons and says brought-out. Iezonias/Ieremin/Chabasin are source spellings normalized to the clearly corresponding family members.
Verse 35:4 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:4] I brought them into YHWH's house, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, the man of God, beside the officials' chamber, above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum, the threshold keeper.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:4] I brought them into the Lord's house, into the chamber of the sons of Hananiah son of Gedaliah, the man of God. It is near the house of the rulers above the house of Maaseiah son of Shallum, who guards the court.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek Hananiah/Gedaliah differs substantively from Hanan/Igdaliah; these are not silently normalized. Greek court keeper differs from threshold keeper, and house from chamber in the later descriptions.
Verse 35:5 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:5] I set before the members of the Rechabite house bowls full of wine and cups, and said to them, Drink wine.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:5] I set before them an earthenware jar of wine and cups, and said, Drink wine.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek singular earthenware jar differs from Hebrew plural full bowls and abbreviates the family reference.
Verse 35:6 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:6] They said, We will not drink wine, because Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, commanded us: Neither you nor your sons must ever drink wine.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:6] They said, We certainly will not drink wine, because Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, commanded us: Neither you nor your sons must ever drink wine.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both report the ancestral command; Greek adds emphatic negation. Father denotes the acknowledged ancestor here without fixing an unstated number of generations.
Verse 35:7 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:7] You must not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, or own one. You must live in tents all your days, so that you may live many days on the land where you reside as outsiders.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:7] You must not build a house or sow seed, and you must not have a vineyard. You must live in tents all your days, so that you may live many days on the land where you spend your time.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the separate plant-a-vineyard prohibition and uses dwelling language without Hebrew ger's outsider status.
Verse 35:8 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:8] We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, in everything he commanded us: never drinking wine, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters,
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:8] We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab our father by not drinking wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters,
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks son of Rechab and the introductory everything-he-commanded-us clause. Hebrew longer Jehonadab and shorter Jonadab name forms denote the same ancestor and are normalized.
Verse 35:9 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:9] and not building houses to live in. We have no vineyard, field, or sown crop.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:9] and by not building houses to live there. We have had no vineyard, field, or sown crop.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew zera and Greek sperma can denote seed or its agricultural produce; sown crop is contextual here, with seed the literal alternative.
Verse 35:10 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:10] We have lived in tents, obeying and doing everything Jonadab our father commanded us.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:10] We lived in tents, obeying and doing everything Jonadab our father commanded us.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The summary of obedience corresponds.
Verse 35:11 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:11] But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, we said, Come, let us enter Jerusalem to escape the Chaldean army and the Aramean army. So we live in Jerusalem.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:11] When Nebuchadnezzar invaded the land, we said, Come in, let us enter Jerusalem to escape the Chaldean force and the Assyrian force. So we were living there.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek Assyrians differs from Hebrew Aram/Arameans; Greek also lacks king of Babylon and the repeated Jerusalem. Their refuge in a city is explained by invasion, not omitted to idealize tent life.
Verse 35:12 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:12] YHWH's word came to Jeremiah:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:12] The Lord's word came to me:
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek first person differs from Hebrew third-person narration.
Verse 35:13 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:13] Thus says YHWH of hosts, Israel's God: Go and say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem's inhabitants, Will you not accept discipline and listen to My words?—YHWH's declaration.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:13] Thus says the Lord: Go and say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem's inhabitants, Will you really not accept discipline and hear My words?
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the expanded titles and concluding declaration; its question uses emphatic negation. The collective man-of-Judah wording is rendered idiomatically in both.
Verse 35:14 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:14] Jonadab son of Rechab's words were upheld: he commanded his sons not to drink wine, and to this day they have drunk none, because they obey their father's command. Yet I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, and you have not obeyed Me.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:14] Jonadab son of Rechab's sons upheld the word he commanded his children, not to drink wine, and they drank none. Yet I spoke to you from early morning and kept speaking, and you did not listen.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek explicitly supplies the sons as active subject, but lacks to-this-day and the because-they-obey explanation. Divine persistent speech is retained in both.
Verse 35:15 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:15] I sent you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Each of you, turn from his evil way, amend your deeds, and do not follow other gods to serve them. Then live on the land I gave you and your fathers. But you did not incline your ears or obey Me.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:15] I sent you My servants the prophets, saying, Each of you, turn from his evil way and improve your practices. Do not follow other gods to serve them, and you will live on the land I gave you and your fathers. But you did not incline your ears or listen.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks all, the repeated early-sending idiom, and Me at the end. Servants here denotes prophetic service, distinct from the emancipation context of chapter thirty-four.
Verse 35:16 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:16] The sons of Jonadab son of Rechab upheld the command their father gave them, but this people has not obeyed Me.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:16] The sons of Jonadab son of Rechab upheld their father's command, but this people did not obey Me.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the relative he-commanded-them clause; the contrast in obedience corresponds.
Verse 35:17 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:17] Therefore thus says YHWH, God of hosts, Israel's God: I am bringing upon Judah and all Jerusalem's inhabitants every disaster I pronounced against them, because I spoke to them and they did not listen, called them and they did not answer.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:17] Therefore thus said the Lord: I am bringing upon Judah and Jerusalem's inhabitants all the calamities I pronounced against them.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the expanded titles, all before inhabitants, and the entire explanation of unanswered speech and calling.
Verse 35:18 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:18] Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says YHWH of hosts, Israel's God: Because you obeyed Jonadab your father's command, kept all his commands, and did everything he commanded you,
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:18] Therefore thus said the Lord: Because the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab obeyed their father's command, doing as their father commanded them,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek speaks about the sons in third person rather than directly addressing them, adds son of Rechab, and lacks Jeremiah's introduction, expanded titles, and separate keeping-all-commands clause.
Verse 35:19 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[35:19] therefore thus says YHWH of hosts, Israel's God: Jonadab son of Rechab will never lack a man standing before Me continually.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[42:19] there will certainly never fail a man from the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab standing before Me all the earth's days.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the repeated divine speech formula and adds the earth's to the duration. Standing before God is retained without asserting a particular priestly office not specified here.