Jeremiah 13:6
4 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.
5 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.
7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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.