Jeremiah 16:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבֵית־מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה לֹא־תָב֖וֹא לָשֶׁ֣בֶת אוֹתָ֑ם לֶאֱכֹ֖ל וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And-bêṯ-mišteh not ṯāḇôʾ to-šāḇeṯ with-them to-leʾĕḵōl and-to-lištôṯ

Grammar Details

• *bêṯ*: construct state, masculine singular - house of
• *mišteh*: masculine singular noun - feast/banquet/drinking
• *ṯāḇôʾ*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall enter/come
• *šāḇeṯ*: qal infinitive construct - to sit/dwell
• *leʾĕḵōl*: qal infinitive construct - to eat
• *lištôṯ*: qal infinitive construct - to drink

Word Meanings

• *mišteh*: feast/banquet/drinking-party
• *šāḇeṯ*: sit/dwell/remain

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not enter a house where feasting is taking place to sit with them, to eat and drink.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt not go{H935} into the house{H1004} of feasting{H4960} to sit{H3427} with them, to eat{H398} and to drink.{H8354}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt not also go{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of feasting{H4960}, to sit{H3427}{(H8800)} with them to eat{H398}{(H8800)} and to drink{H8354}{(H8800)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou shalt not go in to their feast house, to syt downe, moch lesse to eate or drynke with them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt not also goe into the house of feasting to sit with them to eate and to drinke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt not go into their feast house, to sit downe to eate or drynke with them:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 15:17 : 17 I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand: for you have filled me with indignation.
• Eccl 7:2-4 : 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will take it to heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.
• Isa 22:12-14 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth. 13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die. 14 And it was revealed in my ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
• Amos 6:4-6 : 4 Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 Who sing to the sound of the harp, and invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 Who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest ointments: but are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
• Matt 24:38 : 38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark,
• Luke 17:27-29 : 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 But on the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
• 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
• Eph 5:11 : 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
• Ps 26:4 : 4 I have not sat with false persons, nor will I go in with hypocrites.