Luke 12:35
“Let your loines be girded about, and your lights burning,”
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Luke 12:35 Context
33Sell that yee haue, and giue almes: prouide your selues bagges which waxe not old, a treasure in the heauens that faileth not, where no theefe approcheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35Let your loines be girded about, and your lights burning, 36And ye your selues like vnto men that waite for their Lord, when he will returne from the wedding, that when he commeth and knocketh, they may open vnto him immediately. 37Blessed are those seruants, whom the Lord when he commeth, shall find watching: Uerily, I say vnto you, That he shall girde himselfe, and make them to sit downe to meate, and will come foorth and serue them.
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Other Translations for Luke 12:35
Let your loins be girded about, and [your] lights burning;
- King James Version
"Be dressed in readiness, and {keep} your lamps lit.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.
- Basic English Bible
Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
- Darby Bible
Let your loins be girt, and your lights burning;
- Webster's Bible
Have your girdles on, and let your lamps be alight;
- Weymouth Bible
Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
- World English Bible
Be youre leendis gird aboue, and lanternes brennynge in youre hoondis;
- Wycliffe Bible
`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 12:35
12:35 Let your loins be girt - An allusion to the long garments, worn by the eastern nations, which they girded or tucked up about their loins, when they journeyed or were employed in any labour: as also to the lights that servants used to carry at weddings, which were generally in the night.
People's Bible Notes for Luke 12:35
Lu 12:35-46 Let your loins be girded. The long Oriental robe had to be taken up and girded before one was ready to travel. See notes on Mt 24:42-51. Lights burning. See Mt 25:3-8.