Luke 12:35
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Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.

King James Version

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

Holman Bible

“Be ready for service and have your lamps lit.

International Standard Version

"You must keep your belts fastened and your lamps burning.

A Conservative Version

Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning,

American Standard Version

Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

Amplified

“Be dressed and ready for active service, and keep your lamps continuously burning.

An Understandable Version

"Fasten your belts [i.e., get things ready], keep your lamps lit,

Anderson New Testament

Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning;

Bible in Basic English

Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.

Common New Testament

"Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning,

Daniel Mace New Testament

Let your loins be girt, and your lamps burning:

Darby Translation

Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;

Godbey New Testament

Let your loins be girted, and your lamps burning;

Goodspeed New Testament

You must be ready with your lamps burning,

John Wesley New Testament

Let your loins be girt,

Julia Smith Translation

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

King James 2000

Let your waists be girded about, and your lamps burning;

Lexham Expanded Bible

"{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning.

Modern King James verseion

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning,

Moffatt New Testament

Keep your loins girt and your lamps lit,

Montgomery New Testament

"Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning;

NET Bible

"Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;

New Heart English Bible

"Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning.

Noyes New Testament

Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

Sawyer New Testament

Stand with your loins girded, and your candles lighted,

The Emphasized Bible

Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Let your loins be firmly girded round, and your lamps burning:

Twentieth Century New Testament

Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;

Webster

Let your loins be girt, and your lights burning;

Weymouth New Testament

"Have your girdles on, and let your lamps be alight;

Williams New Testament

"You must keep your belts tight and your lamps burning,

World English Bible

"Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

Worrell New Testament

"Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

Worsley New Testament

Let your loins be girt, and your lights burning, and

Youngs Literal Translation

'Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

Themes

Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the coming of the lord is likened to

death » Preparation for

death » Christ conqueror of » Preparation for

death » Nearness of » Preparation for

Jesus Christ » Parables of » The servants waiting for their lord

typical nature of Paschal lamb » Eaten with the loins girt

Readiness » For death » Preparation for

Readiness » For the future

Servant » Figurative

Servants » Faithful servants

Steward » Figurative » The faithful steward described

Waiting » Those that wait on the lord

Watchfulness » Illustrated

Topics

Sleep, Spiritual

Death, Preparation For

Actions

Thighs

Waists

Instruction About Clothes

Attitudes While Waiting For Second Coming

Mind Battles

Burnout

Service

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Let
G2077
ἔστω ἔστωσαν 
Esto 
let be, be, not tr
Usage: 10

your
G5216
ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

loins
G3751
ὀσφύς 
Osphus 
loins
Usage: 7

be
G2077
ἔστω ἔστωσαν 
Esto 
let be, be, not tr
Usage: 10

girded about
G4024
περιζώννυμι 
Perizonnumi 
gird self, be girded about, have girded, have girded about, be girt
Usage: 4

and
G2532

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

your lights
G3088
λύχνος 
Luchnos 
candle, light
Usage: 4

References

American

GIRD, GIRDLE

Fausets

Passover

Dress

Arms

Girdle

Hastings

Parable

Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 12:35

Verse Info

Context Readings

On The Alert For The Master's Return

34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 35 “Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit. 36 Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.


Be Ready

Luke

Cross References

Matthew 25:1

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 25:4-10

but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 31:17

She girds herself with strength
And makes her arms strong.

Matthew 5:16

Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Philippians 2:15

so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,

1 Kings 18:46

Then the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and outran Ahab to Jezreel.

Isaiah 5:27

No one in it is weary or stumbles,
None slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the belt at its waist undone,
Nor its sandal strap broken.

Isaiah 11:5

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

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