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Luke 12:35

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

KJV

Ἔστωσαν ὑμῶν αἱ ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι καὶ οἱ λύχνοι καιόμενοι·

Greek NT

Sint lumbi vestri præcincti, et lucernæ ardentes in manibus vestris,

Vulgate

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

ASV

Let your loins be girt and lamps burning in your hands.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καίω
kaio
verb · 12×
λύχνος
luchnos
noun · 14×
περιζώννυμι
perizonnumi
verb · 6×
ὀσφῦς
osphus
noun · 8×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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The prophets were sent from one and the same Father from whom the Son was sent. 1. Which [God] the Lord does not reject, nor does He say that the prophets [spoke] from another god than His Father; nor from any other essence, but from one and the same Father; nor that any other being made the things in the world, except His own Father, when He speaks as follows in His teaching: …
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Cross-references

  • 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
  • 1Kgs 18:46 — And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
  • 1Pet 1:13 — Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • 1Pet 1:13 — Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • 2Kgs 9:1 — And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
  • Eph 6:14 — Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
  • Eph 6:14 — Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
  • Exod 12:11 — And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
  • Exod 27:21 — In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto th
  • Isa 5:27 — None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
  • Isa 11:5 — And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
  • Jer 1:17 — Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
  • Lev 24:2 — Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
  • Matt 5:16 — Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
  • Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
  • Matt 25:1 — Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
  • Matt 25:1 — Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
  • Matt 25:4 — But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
  • Matt 25:7 — Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
  • Matt 25:8 — And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
  • Phil 2:15 — That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
  • Prov 31:17 — She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
  • Prov 31:17 — She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
  • Ps 90:12 — So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.