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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Jeremiah 13:4

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.

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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
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."
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, said Yahweh unto me, - Go and buy for thyself a linen girdle, and put upon thy loins, - but in water, shalt thou not place it. 2 So I bought a girdle according to the word of Yahweh, - and put upon my loins. 3 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me second time saying: 4 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. 5 So I went, and hid it, by the Euphrates, as Yahweh had commanded me. 6 And it came to pass, at the end of many days, - that Yahweh said unto me, - Arise go to the Euphrates, and take from thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there. 7 So I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle out of the place where I had hidden it, - and lo! the girdle was spoiled, it was good for nothing, s 8 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me saying: 9 Thus, saith Yahweh, - After this manner, will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 This wicked people who are refusing to hear my words, who are walking in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods, to serve them and to bow down to them, yea let them be like this girdle, which is good for 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 Seth - to him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh, - then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.
Genesis 13:1
So Abram came up out of Egypt he and his wife and all that he had and Lot with him, towards the South.
Genesis 13:2
Now, Abram, was very rich, - in cattle, in silver and in gold.
Genesis 13:3
And he went his way, by his removals, from the South even as far as to Bethel, - as far as the place where his tent was at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai:
Genesis 13:7
And there arose a strife betwixt the herdmen of Abram, and the herdmen of Lot. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite, were then dwelling in the land.
Genesis 13:8
So then Abram said unto Lot Pray let not cause of strife arise betwixt me and thee, or betwixt my herdmen and thy herdmen; for brethren, are we.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron, - and built there an altar to Yahweh.
Psalms 26:8
O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, even the place of the habitation of thy glory!
Psalms 84:10
For better is a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.
Psalms 107:1
BOOK THE FIFTHO give thanks to Yahweh - For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

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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