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What Does the Bible Say About Thigh?

Here are 15 Bible verses about thigh, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Revelation 19:16

    And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

    BSBAnd He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

  2. #2Exodus 28:42

    And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:

    BSBMake linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.

  3. #3Ezekiel 21:12

    Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

    BSBCry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.

  4. #4Psalms 45:3

    Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

    BSBStrap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

  5. #5Genesis 32:25

    And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

    BSBWhen the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

  6. #6Genesis 32:32

    Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.

    BSBTherefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

  7. #7Genesis 47:29

    And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

    BSBWhen the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

  8. #8Numbers 5:27

    And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

    BSBWhen he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.

  9. #9Genesis 24:2

    And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

    BSBSo Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

  10. #10Judges 3:16

    But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

    BSBNow Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

  11. #11Judges 3:21

    And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

    BSBAnd Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

  12. #12Genesis 24:9

    And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

    BSBSo the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

  13. #13Jeremiah 31:19

    Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

    BSBAfter I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

  14. #14Numbers 5:21

    Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

    BSBand the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

  15. #15Isaiah 47:2

    Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

    BSBTake millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

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