KJV King James Version
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
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Jeremiah 13:1
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
WEB World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.
ASV American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah unto me, ‘Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:’
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 13
1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put [it] on my loins.
3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which [is] upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כֹּֽה־H3541 · kohthusאָמַ֨רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֜הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֵלַ֗יH413 · elto(wards)הָל֞וֹךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentוְקָנִ֤יתָH7069 · qa.nahto buyלְּךָ֙H9031 · kayouאֵז֣וֹרH232 · e.zorgirdleפִּשְׁתִּ֔יםH6593 · pish.tehflaxוְשַׂמְתּ֖וֹH7760 · sumto set: makeעַל־H5921 · aluponמָתְנֶ֑יךָH4975 · mo.tenloinוּבַמַּ֖יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתְבִאֵֽהוּ׃H935 · boto come (in): come
Cross-references
Hebrews 1:1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,Jeremiah 13:11For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.Jeremiah 27:2Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,Jeremiah 19:1Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and [take] of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;Ezekiel 4:1-5Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, [even] Jerusalem:
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