KJV King James Version
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put [it] on my loins.
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Jeremiah 13:2
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put [it] on my loins.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.
WEB World English Bible
So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my waist.
ASV American Standard Version
So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place it on my loins.
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.
5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
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Ezekiel 2:8But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.Isaiah 20:2At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.Hosea 1:2-3The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, [departing] from the LORD.John 13:6-7Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
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