Jeremiah 13:6
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.”
5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
7 So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- After many days, the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.”
- ASV
- And it came to pass after many days, that Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass at the end of many days, that Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence which I commanded thee to hide there.
- BLB
- And it came to pass after many days that YHWH said to me: “Rise [and] go to Perath, and take from there the the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.
- ÅB
- Og lang tid etter sa Herren til meg: Stå opp, gå til Eufrat og hent derfra det belte som jeg befalte deg å skjule der.
- OTB
- Etter en rekke dager instruerte Herren meg: "Reis deg, gå til Eufrat og hent plagget som jeg ba deg skjule der."
- B1930
- Og lang tid efter sa Herren til mig: Stå op, gå til Eufrat og hent derfra det belte som jeg bød dig å skjule der.