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The Linen Loincloth

Jeremiah 13:2

In 11 translations

BSB
So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist.
KJV
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
WEB
So I bought a belt according to Yahweh’s word, and put it on my waist.
ASV
So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.
LSV
And I get the girdle, according to the word of YHWH, and I place [it] on my loins.
YLT
and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place [it] on my loins.
DBY
And I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.
DRC
And I got a girdle accoding to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.
GNV
So I bought the girdle according to the commandement of the Lord, and put it vpon my loynes.
JPS
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it upon my loins.
LXXE
So I procured the girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה אֶת־הָאֵז֖וֹר כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וָאָשִׂ֖ם עַל־מָתְנָֽי׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐκτησάμην τὸ περίζωμα κατὰ τὸν λόγον Κυρίου, καὶ περιέθηκα περὶ τὴν ὀσφύν μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 2:8And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
  • John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
  • Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
  • Isaiah 20:2the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
  • John 13:6–7He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
  • Hosea 1:2–3When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.” So Hosea went…

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