Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Righteousness will be a belt around His loins;
faithfulness will be a belt around His waist.

New American Standard Bible

Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

King James Version

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

International Standard Version

Righteousness will be the sash around his loins, and faithfulness the belt around his waist."

A Conservative Version

And righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

American Standard Version

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

Amplified


And righteousness will be the belt around His loins,
And faithfulness the belt around His waist.

Bible in Basic English

And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.

Darby Translation

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

Julia Smith Translation

And justice was the girding of his loins, and truth the girding of his loins.

King James 2000

And righteousness shall be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins.

Modern King James verseion

And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and faithfulness the girdle of His heart.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

NET Bible

Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips.

New Heart English Bible

Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

The Emphasized Bible

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, - And faithfulness the girdle of his reins;

Webster

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

World English Bible

Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

Youngs Literal Translation

And righteousness hath been the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness -- the girdle of his reins.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
shall be the girdle
אזור 
'ezowr 
Usage: 14

of his loins
מתן 
Mothen 
Usage: 47

אמנה אמוּנה 
'emuwnah 
Usage: 49

the girdle
אזור 
'ezowr 
Usage: 14

Context Readings

The Branch's Righteous Reign

4 but He will judge the poor righteously
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with discipline from His mouth,
and He will kill the wicked
with a command from His lips.
5 Righteousness will be a belt around His loins;
faithfulness will be a belt around His waist.
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the goat.
The calf, the young lion, and the fatling will be together,
and a child will lead them.


Cross References

Isaiah 25:1

Yahweh, You are my God;
I will exalt You. I will praise Your name,
for You have accomplished wonders,
plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand, therefore,

with truth like a belt around your waist,
righteousness like armor on your chest,

Psalm 93:1

The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;
The Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.
The world is firmly established;
it cannot be shaken.

Isaiah 59:17

He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
and a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
and He wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak.

Hosea 2:20

I will take you to be My wife in faithfulness,
and you will know Yahweh.

2 Corinthians 6:7

by the message of truth,
by the power of God;
through weapons of righteousness
on the right hand and the left,

Hebrews 2:17

Therefore, He had to be like His brothers in every way, so that He could become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

1 Peter 4:1

Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve—because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Revelation 1:13

and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe and with a gold sash wrapped around His chest.

Revelation 3:14

“Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea:

“The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation says:

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