Jeremiah 13 · Verse 4

Jeremiah 13:4

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.
Jeremiah 13:4, King James Version

Jeremiah 13:4 in other translations

BSB“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”
WEB“Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”
ASVTake the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
YLT‘Take the girdle that thou hast got, that is on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;
DARBYTake the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
BBETake the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.
WebsterTake the girdle that thou hast procured, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

What does Jeremiah 13:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Euphrates--In order to support the view that Jeremiah's act was outward, Henderson considers that the Hebrew Phrath here is Ephratha, the original name of Beth-lehem, six miles south of Jerusalem, a journey easy to be made by Jeremiah. The non-addition of the word "river," which usually precedes Phrath, when meaning Euphrates, favors this view. But I prefer English Version. The Euphrates is specified as being near Babylon, the Jews future place of exile. hole--typical of the prisons in which the Jews were to be confined. the rock--some well-known rock. A sterile region, such as was that to which the Jews were led away (compare Is 7:19) [Grotius].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Go to Euphrates, and hide it there - Intending to point out, by this distant place, the country into which they were to be carried away captive.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 13:1-11

The glory of the Jews should be marred. (Jr 13:1-11) All ranks should suffer misery, An earnest exhortation to repentance. (Jr 13:12-17) An awful message to Jerusalem and its king. (Jr 13:18-27) Verses 1-11 It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs. And we have the explanation, Jr 13:9-11. The people of Israel had been to God as this girdle. He caused them to cleave to him by the law he gave them, the…

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Jeremiah 13:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קַ֧חkachtakeH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאֵז֛וֹרha.'e.Zorthe loinclothH232
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
קָנִ֖יתָka.Ni.tayou boughtH7069
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
מָתְנֶ֑יךָma.te.Nei.khaloins yourH4975
וְקוּם֙ve.Kumand ariseH6965
לֵ֣ךְlekhgoH1980
פְּרָ֔תָהpe.Ra.tahPerath towardsH6578
וְטָמְנֵ֥הוּve.ta.me.Ne.huand hide itH2934
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033
בִּנְקִ֥יקbin.Kikin [the] cleft ofH5357
הַסָּֽלַע\׃ha.Sa.la'the rockH5553

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 13:4

  • Jeremiah 51:63-64

    And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

  • Micah 4:10

    Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

  • Psalms 137:1

    By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
go.Intending to point out, by this distant place, the country, Chaldea, into which they were to be carried captive.
51:63,64; Ps 137:1; Mic 4:10

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Context

  • Jeremiah 13:3

    And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying,

  • Jeremiah 13:4

    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.

  • Jeremiah 13:5

    So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.

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Jeremiah 13:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Toma el cinto que compraste, que está sobre tus lomos, y levántate, y ve al Eufrates, y escóndelo allá en la concavidad de una peña.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Prends la ceinture que tu as achetée, qui est sur tes reins, et lève-toi, va vers l’Euphrate, et là, cache-la dans le creux d’un rocher.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nimm den Gürtel, den du gekauft hast, der um deine Lenden ist, und mache dich auf, gehe an den Euphrat und verbirg ihn daselbst in einer Felsenspalte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tolle lumbare quod possedisti, quod est circa lumbos tuos: et surgens vade ad Euphraten, et absconde ibi illud in foramine petræ.