Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights 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;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning.
Modern King James verseion
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 will your hearts be also. 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning, 36 and ye yourselves, like unto men that wait for their master when he will return from a wedding: that as soon as he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Matthew 25:1
Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went to meet the bridegroom:
Matthew 25:4-10
But the wise took oil with them in their vessels with their lamps also.
Ephesians 6:14
Stand, therefore, and your loins gird about with verity, having on the breastplate of righteousness,
1 Peter 1:13
Wherefore, gird up the loins of your minds, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought unto you by the declaring of Jesus Christ;
Proverbs 31:17
She girdeth her loins with strength, and courageth her arms.
Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven.
Philippians 2:15
that ye may be faultless, and pure, and the sons of God; without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and a perverse nation, among which see that ye shine as lights in the world,
1 Kings 18:46
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab, till they came to Jezreel.
Isaiah 5:27
There is not one faint or feeble among them, no not a sluggish nor slippery person. There shall not one of them put off the girdle from his loins, nor loose the latchet of his shoe.
Isaiah 11:5
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.