Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Thus says LORD to me, Go, and buy thee a linen sash, and put it upon thy loins, and do not put it in water.

New American Standard Bible

Thus the Lord said to me, “Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.”

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.

Holman Bible

This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it on, but do not put it in water.”

International Standard Version

This is what the LORD told me: "Go and buy a linen belt for yourself, and put it around your waist. But don't let it get wet."

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.

Amplified

Thus the Lord said to me, “Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it on your loins, but do not put it in water.”

Bible in Basic English

This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water.

Darby Translation

Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins; but dip it not in water.

Julia Smith Translation

Thus said Jehovah to me, Go buy for thee a girdle of linen, and put it upon thy loins, and thou shalt not cause it to come into water.

King James 2000

Thus says the LORD unto me, Go and buy you a linen belt, and put it upon your waist, and put it not in water.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Thus Yahweh said to me: "Go and buy for yourself a loincloth of linen and put it on your loins, but you must not {place} it in water."

Modern King James verseion

So says Jehovah to me, Go and buy for yourself a linen girdle, and put it on your loins, and do not put it in water.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Moreover, thus said the LORD unto me, "Go thy way, and get thee a linen breech, and gird it about thy loins, and let it not be wet."

NET Bible

The Lord said to me, "Go and buy some linen shorts and put them on. Do not put them in water."

New Heart English Bible

Thus says the LORD to me, "Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and do not put it in water."

The Emphasized Bible

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.

Webster

Thus saith the LORD to me, Go and get for thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

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.

Youngs 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:'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Lord

Usage: 0

unto me, Go
הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

and get
קנה 
Qanah 
Usage: 84

פּשׁתּה 
Pishteh 
Usage: 16

אזור 
'ezowr 
Usage: 14

and put
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 

Usage: 580
Usage: 0

מתן 
Mothen 
Usage: 47

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Linen Loincloth

1 Thus says LORD to me, Go, and buy thee a linen sash, and put it upon thy loins, and do not put it in water. 2 So I bought a sash according to the word of LORD, and put it upon my loins.


Cross References

Jeremiah 13:11

For as the sash clings to the loins of a man, so I have caused to cling to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says LORD, that they may be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory

Jeremiah 19:1

Thus said LORD: Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and [take] of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,

Jeremiah 27:2

Thus says LORD to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck.

Ezekiel 4:1-5

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem.

Hebrews 1:1

God, who formerly spoke in many portions and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, spoke to us in these last days by a Son,

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