Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"You must keep your belts fastened and your lamps burning.
A Conservative Version
Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning,
American Standard Version
Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
Amplified
An Understandable Version
"Fasten your belts [i.e., get things ready], keep your lamps lit,
Anderson New Testament
Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning;
Bible in Basic English
Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.
Common New Testament
"Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Let your loins be girt, and your lamps burning:
Darby Translation
Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
Godbey New Testament
Let your loins be girted, and your lamps burning;
Goodspeed New Testament
You must be ready with your lamps burning,
John Wesley New Testament
Let your loins be girt,
Julia Smith Translation
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
King James 2000
Let your waists be girded about, and your lamps burning;
Modern King James verseion
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning,
Moffatt New Testament
Keep your loins girt and your lamps lit,
Montgomery New Testament
"Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning;
NET Bible
"Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;
New Heart English Bible
"Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning.
Noyes New Testament
Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
Sawyer New Testament
Stand with your loins girded, and your candles lighted,
The Emphasized Bible
Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Let your loins be firmly girded round, and your lamps burning:
Twentieth Century New Testament
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
Webster
Let your loins be girt, and your lights burning;
Weymouth New Testament
"Have your girdles on, and let your lamps be alight;
Williams New Testament
"You must keep your belts tight and your lamps burning,
World English Bible
"Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
Worrell New Testament
"Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
Worsley New Testament
Let your loins be girt, and your lights burning, and
Youngs Literal Translation
'Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the coming of the lord is likened to
death » Christ conqueror of » Preparation for
death » Nearness of » Preparation for
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The servants waiting for their lord
typical nature of Paschal lamb » Eaten with the loins girt
Readiness » For death » Preparation for
Steward » Figurative » The faithful steward described
Topics
Interlinear
Perizonnumi
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 12:35
Verse Info
Context Readings
On The Alert For The Master's Return
34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 35 "{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning. 36 And you, [be] like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that [when he] comes back and knocks, they can open [the door] for him immediately.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Matthew 25:1
"Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps [and] went out to meet the bridegroom.
Matthew 25:4-10
But the wise ones took olive oil in flasks with their lamps.
Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, girding your waist with truth, and putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action} [by] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 31:17
She girds her waist in strength, and makes her arms strong.
Matthew 5:16
In the [same] way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Philippians 2:15
in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,
1 Kings 18:46
but the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab as one comes to Jezreel.
Isaiah 5:27
None [is] weary, and none among him stumbles; none slumbers and none sleeps. And no loincloth on his waist is opened, and no thong of his sandals is drawn away.
Isaiah 11:5
And righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins.