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Jeremiah 13:4

Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is vpon thy loynes, and arise, goe towarde Perath, and hide it there in the cleft of the rocke.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Euphrates;   Girdle;   Instruction;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Scofield Reference Index - Parables;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Euphrates, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Girdle;   Jeremiah;   Parah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Symbol;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Euphrates ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Euphrates;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Euphra'tes;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Euphrates;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to the Euphrates and hide it in a rocky crevice.”
Hebrew Names Version
Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your loins, and arise, go to the Perat, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
"Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a cleft of the rock."
New American Standard Bible
"Take the undergarment that you bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock."
New Century Version
"Take the belt you bought and are wearing, and go to Perath. Hide the belt there in a crack in the rocks."
Amplified Bible
"Get up and take the waistband that you have bought, which is [wrapped] around your loins, and go to the [river] Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock."
World English Bible
Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Take the belt that you have bought, which is around your loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock."
Berean Standard Bible
"Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks."
Contemporary English Version
"Take off the shorts. Go to Parah and hide the shorts in a crack between some large rocks."
Complete Jewish Bible
"Take the loincloth you bought and are wearing, get up, go to Parah, and hide it there in a hole in the rock."
Darby Translation
Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
Easy-to-Read Version
This was the message: "Jeremiah, take the loincloth you bought and are wearing, and go to Perath. Hide the loincloth there in a crack in the rocks."
George Lamsa Translation
Take the girdle which you have bought, and which is upon your loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates and bury it there in a hole of the rock.
Good News Translation
"Go to the Euphrates River and hide the shorts in a hole in the rocks."
Lexham English Bible
"Take the loincloth that you bought, that is on your loins, and stand up, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in the cleft of the rock."
Literal Translation
Take the girdle that you bought, which is on your loins, and rise up. Go to Euphrates and hide it there in the cleft of the rock.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take the breche that thou hast prepared & put aboute the, and get the vp, and go vnto Euphrates, and hyde it in a hole off the rock.
American Standard Version
Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
Bible in Basic English
Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Take the girdle that thou hast gotten, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Perath, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.'
King James Version (1611)
Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is vpon thy loines, and arise, goe to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rocke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take the girdle that thou hast prepared and put about thee, and get thee vp, and go vnto Euphrates, and hyde it there in a hole of the rocke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Take the girdle that is upon thy loins, and arise, and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
English Revised Version
Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Take the brigirdil, which thou haddist in possessioun, which is aboute thi leendis; and rise thou, and go to Eufrates, and hide thou it there, in the hoole of a stoon.
Update Bible Version
Take the girdle that you have bought, which is on your loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take the girdle that thou hast procured, which [is] upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
New English Translation
"Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath. Bury the shorts there in a crack in the rocks."
New King James Version
"Take the sash that you acquired, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, [fn] and hide it there in a hole in the rock."
New Living Translation
"Take the linen loincloth you are wearing, and go to the Euphrates River. Hide it there in a hole in the rocks."
New Life Bible
"Take the belt that you have bought and are wearing, get up, and go to the Euphrates. Hide it there in a hole in the rock."
New Revised Standard
"Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go now to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Take the girdle which thou hast bought which is upon thy loins, - and arise go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the cliff.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is about thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
Revised Standard Version
"Take the waistcloth which you have bought, which is upon your loins, and arise, go to the Euphra'tes, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock."
Young's Literal Translation
`Take the girdle that thou hast got, that [is] on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Take the waistband that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock."

Contextual Overview

1 Thus sayth the Lorde vnto mee, Goe, and buy thee a linen girdle, & put it vpon thy loynes, and put it not in water. 2 So I bought the girdle according to the commandement of the Lord, and put it vpon my loynes. 3 And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me the second time, saying, 4 Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is vpon thy loynes, and arise, goe towarde Perath, and hide it there in the cleft of the rocke. 5 So I went, and hid it by Perath, as the Lord had commanded me. 6 And after many dayes, the Lorde sayde vnto mee, Arise, goe towarde Perath, and take the girdle from thence, which I commaunded thee to hide there. 7 Then went I to Perath, and digged, & tooke the girdle from the place where I had hid it, and behold, the girdle was corrupt, and was profitable for nothing. 8 Then the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying, 9 Thus sayth the Lord, After this maner will I destroy the pride of Iudah, and the great pride of Ierusalem. 10 This wicked people haue refused to heare my word, and walke after ye stubbernesse of their owne heart, and walke after other gods to serue them, and to worship them: therefore they shalbe as this girdle, which is profitable to nothing.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

go: Intending to point out, by this distant place, the country, Chaldea, into which they were to be carried captive. Jeremiah 51:63, Jeremiah 51:64, Psalms 137:1, Micah 4:10

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
And to ye same Sheth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enosh. Then beganne men to call vpon the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:1
Then Abram went vp from Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him toward the South.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattell, in siluer and in golde.
Genesis 13:3
And he went on his iourney from ye South toward Beth-el, to the place where his tent had bene at ye beginning, betweene Beth-el & Haai,
Genesis 13:7
Also there was debate betweene ye heardmen of Abrams cattell, & the heardmen of Lots cattell. (and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled at that time in the land.)
Genesis 13:8
Then saide Abram vnto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, betweene thee and me, neither betweene mine heardmen & thine heardmen: for we be brethren.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelled in the plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and builded there an altar vnto ye Lorde.
Psalms 26:8
O Lorde, I haue loued the habitation of thine house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Psalms 84:10
For a day in thy courtes is better then a thousand other where: I had rather be a doore keeper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the Tabernacles of wickednesse.
Psalms 107:1
Praise the Lorde, because he is good: for his mercie endureth for euer.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is upon thy loins,.... Either he is bid to take it off his loins, on which it was; or to go with it on them; seeing the taking it off does not seem absolutely necessary; and go with it to the place directed to in the following words:

and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock; by the river side, where the waters, coming and going, would reach and wet it, and it drying again, would rot the sooner. This signifies the carrying of the Jews captive to Babylon, by which city the river Euphrates ran, and the obscure state and condition they would be in there; and where all their pride and glory would be marred, as afterwards declared.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In a hole of the rock - “In a cleft of the rock.” As there are no fissured rocks in Babylonia, the place where Jeremiah hid the girdle must have been somewhere in the upper part of the river.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 13:4. Go to Euphrates, and hide it there — Intending to point out, by this distant place, the country into which they were to be carried away captive.


 
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