Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And righteousness hath been the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness -- the girdle of his reins.

New American Standard Bible

Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

King James Version

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Holman Bible

Righteousness will be a belt around His loins;
faithfulness will be a belt around His waist.

International Standard Version

Righteousness will be the sash around his loins, and faithfulness the belt around his waist."

A Conservative Version

And righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

American Standard Version

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

Amplified


And righteousness will be the belt around His loins,
And faithfulness the belt around His waist.

Bible in Basic English

And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.

Darby Translation

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

Julia Smith Translation

And justice was the girding of his loins, and truth the girding of his loins.

King James 2000

And righteousness shall be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins.

Modern King James verseion

And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and faithfulness the girdle of His heart.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

NET Bible

Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips.

New Heart English Bible

Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

The Emphasized Bible

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, - And faithfulness the girdle of his reins;

Webster

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

World English Bible

Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
shall be the girdle
אזור 
'ezowr 
Usage: 14

of his loins
מתן 
Mothen 
Usage: 47

אמנה אמוּנה 
'emuwnah 
Usage: 49

the girdle
אזור 
'ezowr 
Usage: 14

Context Readings

The Branch's Righteous Reign

4 And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death. 5 And righteousness hath been the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness -- the girdle of his reins. 6 And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling are together, And a little youth is leader over them.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:1

O Jehovah, my God art Thou, I exalt Thee, I confess Thy name, For Thou hast done a wonderful thing, Counsels of old, stedfastness, O stedfast One.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about in truth, and having put on the breastplate of the righteousness,

Psalm 93:1

Jehovah hath reigned, Excellency He hath put on, Jehovah put on strength, He girded Himself, Also -- established is the world, unmoved.

Isaiah 59:17

And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance for clothing, And is covered, as with an upper-robe, with zeal.

Hosea 2:20

And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah.

2 Corinthians 6:7

in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the left,

Hebrews 2:17

wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people,

1 Peter 4:1

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

1 John 1:9

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Revelation 1:13

and in the midst of the seven lamp-stands, one like to a son of man, clothed to the foot, and girt round at the breast with a golden girdle,

Revelation 3:14

And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness -- the faithful and true -- the chief of the creation of God;

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