King James Version
Jeremiah 13:4 in the King James Version says “Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of ...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.”
Jeremiah 13:4 · KJV
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that thou hast got”
H7069to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“which is upon thy loins”
H4975properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
“and arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
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