King James Version
Luke 12:35 in the King James Version says “Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;” — study this verse from Luke chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;”
Luke 12:35 · KJV
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let”
G2077be thou; also ??????? <pronunciation strongs="es'-to-san"/>, third person of the same; let them be
“loins”
G3751the loin (externally), i.e., the hip; internally (by extension) procreative power
“girded about”
G4024to gird all around, i.e., (middle voice or passive) to fasten on one's belt (literally or figuratively)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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