Jeremiah 13:4 ““Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to…”

Jeremiah 13:4

“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”

American Standard Version

Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

Geneva Bible 1599

Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is vpon thy loynes, and arise, goe towarde Perath, and hide it there in the cleft of the rocke.

Darby Translation

Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

Young's Literal Translation

'Take the girdle that thou hast got, that [is] on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;

Bible in Basic English

Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.

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Cross references

“go”

Psalm 137:1 Micah 4:10 Jeremiah 51:63 Jeremiah 51:64

Psalm 137:1 · BSB

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Micah 4:10 · BSB

Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of…

Jeremiah 51:63 · BSB

When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

Jeremiah 51:64 · BSB

Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:

5So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.

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