Parallel Verses

NET Bible

So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.

New American Standard Bible

Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and lo, the waistband was ruined, it was totally worthless.

King James Version

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Holman Bible

So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined—of no use at all.

International Standard Version

I went to the Euphrates and dug it up. I got the belt from the place where I had hidden it. The belt was ruined! It was not good for anything.

A Conservative Version

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the sash from the place where I had hid it. And, behold, the sash was rotten. It was good for nothing.

American Standard Version

Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Amplified

Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the waistband was decayed and ruined; it was completely worthless.

Bible in Basic English

So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for anything.

Darby Translation

And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and behold, the girdle was spoiled, it was good for nothing.

Julia Smith Translation

And I shall go to Euphrates, and dig, and take the girdle from the place which I hid it there: and behold, the girdle was corrupted, it will not profit for anything.

King James 2000

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the belt was ruined, it was profitable for nothing.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then I went [to the] Euphrates and I dug, and I took the loincloth from the place where I had hidden it, and look, the loincloth was ruined; it was not good for anything.

Modern King James verseion

Then I went to Euphrates and dug, and took the girdle from the place where I had hidden it. And, behold, the girdle was rotted; it was not good for anything.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then went I to Euphrates, and digged up, and took the breech from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the breech was corrupt, so that it was profitable for nothing.

New Heart English Bible

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

World English Bible

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Youngs Literal Translation

and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

פּרת 
P@rath 
Usage: 19

and digged
חפר 
Chaphar 
Usage: 22

and took
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

the girdle
אזור 
'ezowr 
Usage: 14

from the place
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

טמן 
Taman 
Usage: 31

it and, behold, the girdle
אזור 
'ezowr 
Usage: 14

שׁחת 
Shachath 
Usage: 146

צלח צלח 
Tsalach 
Usage: 66

References

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

The Linen Loincloth

6 Many days later the Lord said to me, "Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there." 7 So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing. 8 Then the Lord said to me,

Cross References

Isaiah 64:6

We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.

Jeremiah 13:10

These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing.

Jeremiah 24:1-8

The Lord showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim's son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon.

Ezekiel 15:3-5

Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

Zechariah 3:3-4

Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood there before the angel.

Luke 14:34-35

"Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?

Romans 3:12

All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one."

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