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It is used both literally and metaphorically throughout Scripture, symbolizing strength, procreation, and readiness for action. Literal Use: In a literal sense, the loins are mentioned in various contexts related to physical strength and procreation. For example, in <a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Genesis 35:11</a>, God tells Jacob, "I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from your loins." Here, the loins are directly associated with the ability to produce offspring and the continuation of a lineage. Metaphorical Use: Metaphorically, the loins are often associated with strength and preparedness. In <a href="/1_kings/18-46.htm">1 Kings 18:46</a>, it is written, "The hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab to Jezreel." The phrase "tucked his cloak into his belt" is a translation of the Hebrew idiom "gird up your loins," which means to prepare oneself for action or exertion. This expression is used throughout the Bible to signify readiness and determination. Spiritual and Moral Implications: The loins are also used symbolically to represent moral and spiritual readiness. In <a href="/ephesians/6-14.htm">Ephesians 6:14</a>, Paul instructs believers to "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place." The "belt of truth" is a metaphorical reference to girding one's loins with truth, emphasizing the importance of being spiritually prepared and grounded in truth. Prophetic and Eschatological Contexts: In prophetic literature, the loins can symbolize the inner strength and resolve required to face trials and fulfill God's purposes. <a href="/jeremiah/1-17.htm">Jeremiah 1:17</a> states, "But you, get yourself ready! Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them." Here, the call to "get yourself ready" is akin to girding one's loins, indicating a call to courage and faithfulness in the face of opposition. Cultural and Historical Context: In ancient Near Eastern culture, girding the loins was a practical action taken before engaging in physical labor or battle. It involved tucking the long garments into a belt to allow for greater mobility. This cultural practice is reflected in the biblical text and serves as a vivid illustration of preparedness and action. Conclusion: The concept of the loins in the Bible encompasses both physical and spiritual dimensions, symbolizing strength, readiness, and the capacity for procreation. Whether used literally or metaphorically, the loins serve as a powerful image of preparedness and the call to action in the service of God's purposes.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>LOINSloinz (chalats, Aramaic charats, mothen, kecel, yarekh; osphus): This variety of Hebrew synonyms seems to be used rather promiscuously for the loins, though there is no little difference in the secondary meanings of these words. They represent various modes of expressing the loins as the seat of strength and vigor (<a href="/job/40-16.htm">Job 40:16</a>, Hebrew mothen, here used of Behemoth), the center of procreative power, the portion of the body which is girded about, and is considered as specially needful of covering, even under primitive conditions of life (<a href="/job/31-20.htm">Job 31:20</a>), and where painful disease most effectually unfits a man for work and warfare. Jacob receives the Divine promise that "kings shall come out of (his) loins" (chalats, <a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Genesis 35:11</a>), and we read of 66 souls "that came out of his loins" (yarekh) which went into Egypt (<a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26</a>). The Epistle to the Hebrews speaks of the Levites as having come out of the loins of Abraham (<a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Hebrews 7:5</a>). As the seat of strength (compare LEG; THIGH), the loins are girded with belts of leather (<a href="/2_kings/1-8.htm">2 Kings 1:8</a> <a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Matthew 3:4</a>), or cloth, often beautifully embroidered (<a href="/exodus/28-39.htm">Exodus 28:39</a>), or of costly material (<a href="/exodus/39-29.htm">Exodus 39:29</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">Jeremiah 13:1 f</a>). Girded loins are a sign of readiness for service or endeavor (<a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Exodus 12:11</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-46.htm">1 Kings 18:46</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-29.htm">2 Kings 4:29</a> <a href="/job/38-3.htm">Job 38:3</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-17.htm">Proverbs 31:17</a> <a href="/luke/12-35.htm">Luke 12:35</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">1 Peter 1:13</a>). Of God it is said that "he looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle," i.e. strengthens them (<a href="/job/12-18.htm">Job 12:18</a>). On the loins the sword is worn (<a href="/2_samuel/20-8.htm">2 Samuel 20:8</a>). It is a sign of mourning to gird the loins with sackcloth (<a href="/1_kings/20-32.htm">1 Kings 20:32</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm">Isaiah 32:11</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Jeremiah 48:37</a> <a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a>; see also the First Papyrus of Elephantine, l. 20). A man whose strength is in his attachment to truth, in other words is faithful, is spoken of as having his loins girt about with truth (<a href="/ephesians/6-14.htm">Ephesians 6:14</a>). Thus, the Messiah is described: "Righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins" (<a href="/isaiah/11-5.htm">Isaiah 11:5</a>). One of the most primitive modes of clothing consisted of a fleece tied around the loins (<a href="/job/31-20.htm">Job 31:20</a>). The condition of unfitness for service is described in that the loins (kecel) are filled with a burning (<a href="/psalms/38-7.htm">Psalm 38:7</a>, the King James Version "loathsome disease"), or that "a sore burden" is laid upon the "loins" (mothen, <a href="/psalms/66-11.htm">Psalm 66:11</a>). Thus the loins are made "continually to shake" (<a href="/psalms/69-23.htm">Psalm 69:23</a>), "the joints of (the) loins" (charats) are loosed (<a href="/daniel/5-6.htm">Daniel 5:6</a>), the "loins are filled with anguish" (<a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Isaiah 21:3</a>). It is very likely that originally a disabling lumbago or the painful affections of the gall or the bladder (calculus, etc.) are meant, but very soon the expression becomes merely metaphorical to express personal helplessness, especially that which can but rely upon assistance and help from God. H. L. E. Luering<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3751.htm">3751. osphus -- the loin</a> ... osphus. 3752 . the loin. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: osphus Phonetic Spelling: (os-foos') Short Definition: the loins Definition: the loins ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3751.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2504.htm">2504. chalats -- loins</a> ... 2503, 2504. chalats. 2505 . loins. Transliteration: chalats Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lawts') Short Definition: loins. Word Origin ... /hebrew/2504.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4975.htm">4975. mothen -- loins</a> ... 4974, 4975. mothen. 4976 . loins. Transliteration: mothen Phonetic Spelling: (mo'-then) Short Definition: loins. Word Origin from ... /hebrew/4975.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3689.htm">3689. kesel -- loins, stupidity, confidence</a> ... 3688, 3689. kesel. 3690 . loins, stupidity, confidence. Transliteration: kesel Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-sel) Short Definition: loins. ... /hebrew/3689.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3409.htm">3409. yarek -- thigh, loin, side, base</a> ... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition thigh, loin, side, base NASB Word Usage base (3), direct (2), hips (1), loins (1), ruthlessly* (1), side (7 ... /hebrew/3409.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm">4325. mayim -- waters, water</a> ... root Definition waters, water NASB Word Usage flood (1), loins (1), pool (1), Water (5), water (373), watering (1), waterless* (1), waters (192). ... /hebrew/4325.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_christ_paid_tithes_in.htm">Whether Christ Paid Tithes in Abraham's Loins?</a> ... OF THE MATTER FROM WHICH THE SAVIOUR'S BODY WAS CONCEIVED (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether Christ paid tithes in Abraham's loins? Objection ... /.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ paid tithes in.htm<a href="/library/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_lviii_on_the_words.htm">On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xii. 35, "Let Your Loins be ...</a> ... Sermon LVIII. On the words of the Gospel, Luke xii. 35, "Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; and be ye yourselves like," etc. ... /.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lviii on the words.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_gal_eph_phi_col_thess_tim_titus_and_philemon/homily_xxiii_ephesians_vi_14.htm">Ephesians vi. 14</a> ... 14. Ephesians vi.14 "Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth.". ... "Stand therefore," saith he, "having girded your loins with truth." [477]. ... /.../homily xxiii ephesians vi 14.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/the_equipment_of_the_servants.htm">The Equipment of the Servants</a> ... VOLUME I: ST. LUKE Chaps. I to XII THE EQUIPMENT OF THE SERVANTS. 'Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36. ... I. The girded loins. ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the equipment of the servants.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_parts_to_be.htm">Whether the Parts to be Anointed are Suitably Assigned?</a> ... Now spiritual sickness is most virulent in the loins in men, and in the navel in women, according to Job 40:11: "His strength is in his loins, and his force in ... //christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the parts to be.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/_on_the_flesh_of_christ/chapter_xxi_the_word_of_god.htm">The Word of God did not Become Flesh Except in the virgin's Womb ...</a> ... Through His Mother He is Descended from Her Great Ancestor David. He is Described Both in the Old and in the New Testament as "The Fruit of David's Loins.". ... /.../tertullian/ on the flesh of christ/chapter xxi the word of god.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_ephesians_peter/the_girdle_of_truth.htm">'The Girdle of Truth'</a> ... EPHESIANS 'THE GIRDLE OF TRUTH'. 'Stand, therefore, having girded your loins with truth.'"Ephesians 6:14 (RV). The general exhortation ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/the girdle of truth.htm<a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_i_of_the_monks.htm">Of the Monk's Girdle.</a> ... before your eyes. A monk, then, as a soldier of Christ ever ready for battle, ought always to walk with his loins girded. For in ... /.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter i of the monks.htm<a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_39_xxv_an_objection_of.htm">An Objection of Pelagians.</a> ... "For why," they ask, "could he not have been baptized in the loins of his father, when, according to the Epistle to the Hebrews, Levi, [603] was able to pay ... /.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 39 xxv an objection of.htm<a href="/library/eucherius/the_formulae_of_st_eucherius_of_lyons/vi_on_the_interior_man.htm">On the Interior Man</a> ... [Ps.15(16):7 Vulgate]. The loins are strength of soul; in the apostle: gird the loins of your mind. [Eph.6:14]. The navel is the center ... /.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/vi on the interior man.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/l/loins.htm">Loins (72 Occurrences)</a> ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LOINS. loinz (chalats, Aramaic charats, mothen, kecel, yarekh; osphus): This variety of Hebrew synonyms ... /l/loins.htm - 33k<a href="/topical/k/kidneys.htm">Kidneys (15 Occurrences)</a> ... the King James Version and the English Revised Version also have "reins" for chalatsayim, in Isaiah 11:5 (the American Standard Revised Version "loins"). ... /k/kidneys.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/l/lobe.htm">Lobe (19 Occurrences)</a> ... Leviticus 3:4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away. ... /l/lobe.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/g/girt.htm">Girt (13 Occurrences)</a> ... 5. (n.) Same as Girth. Multi-Version Concordance Girt (13 Occurrences). Luke 12:35 Let your loins be girt, and your lights burning; (WBS). ... /g/girt.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/a/appendage.htm">Appendage (11 Occurrences)</a> ... Leviticus 3:4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away. ... /a/appendage.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/g/girdle.htm">Girdle (44 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. ... /g/girdle.htm - 24k<a href="/topical/a/amber.htm">Amber (3 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezekiel 1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the ... /a/amber.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/l/liver.htm">Liver (16 Occurrences)</a> ... Leviticus 3:4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away. ... /l/liver.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/d/dog.htm">Dog (19 Occurrences)</a> ... ie "cock," the King James Version margin "horse." The Hebrew has zarzir mothnayim, which the King James Version margin renders "girt in the loins." the Revised ... /d/dog.htm - 20k<a href="/topical/g/gird.htm">Gird (44 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Peter 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 ... /g/gird.htm - 20k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/hand-under-thigh.html">Why did oaths involve putting a hand under someone's thigh (Genesis 24:9)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/idioms-in-the-Bible.html">What are some idioms in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/belt-of-truth.html">What is the belt of truth (Ephesians 6:14)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/loins.htm">Loins: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Loins (72 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Matthew 3:4</a> And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/mark/1-6.htm">Mark 1:6</a> And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/luke/12-35.htm">Luke 12:35</a> Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/acts/2-30.htm">Acts 2:30</a> Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ephesians/6-14.htm">Ephesians 6:14</a> Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Hebrews 7:5</a> And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/hebrews/7-10.htm">Hebrews 7:10</a> For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. (KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">1 Peter 1:13</a> 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; (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Genesis 35:11</a> And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34</a> And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26</a> All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six; (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Exodus 1:5</a> And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. (KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS)<a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Exodus 12:11</a> 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. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/exodus/28-42.htm">Exodus 28:42</a> And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/leviticus/3-4.htm">Leviticus 3:4</a> and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/leviticus/3-10.htm">Leviticus 3:10</a> and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/leviticus/3-15.htm">Leviticus 3:15</a> and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/leviticus/4-9.htm">Leviticus 4:9</a> and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away, (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/leviticus/7-4.htm">Leviticus 7:4</a> and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away; (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/33-11.htm">Deuteronomy 33:11</a> Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/20-8.htm">2 Samuel 20:8</a> When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/1_kings/2-5.htm">1 Kings 2:5</a> Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/1_kings/8-19.htm">1 Kings 8:19</a> Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/1_kings/12-10.htm">1 Kings 12:10</a> And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_kings/18-46.htm">1 Kings 18:46</a> And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_kings/20-31.htm">1 Kings 20:31</a> And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_kings/20-32.htm">1 Kings 20:32</a> So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/2_kings/1-8.htm">2 Kings 1:8</a> And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">2 Kings 9:1</a> 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: (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/2_chronicles/6-9.htm">2 Chronicles 6:9</a> Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/2_chronicles/10-10.htm">2 Chronicles 10:10</a> And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/nehemiah/4-18.htm">Nehemiah 4:18</a> And the builders 'are' each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet 'is' beside me. (YLT)<a href="/job/12-18.htm">Job 12:18</a> He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/job/15-27.htm">Job 15:27</a> Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins; (ASV JPS RSV)<a href="/job/31-20.htm">Job 31:20</a> If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/job/38-3.htm">Job 38:3</a> Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/job/40-7.htm">Job 40:7</a> Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/job/40-16.htm">Job 40:16</a> Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/38-7.htm">Psalms 38:7</a> For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/66-11.htm">Psalms 66:11</a> Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/69-23.htm">Psalms 69:23</a> Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/proverbs/30-31.htm">Proverbs 30:31</a> a horse girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up. (DBY YLT)<a href="/proverbs/31-17.htm">Proverbs 31:17</a> She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/isaiah/5-27.htm">Isaiah 5:27</a> 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: (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/isaiah/11-5.htm">Isaiah 11:5</a> And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm">Isaiah 20:2</a> At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Isaiah 21:3</a> Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm">Isaiah 32:11</a> Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm">Isaiah 48:1</a> Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/1-17.htm">Jeremiah 1:17</a> 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. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">Jeremiah 13:1</a> Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Jeremiah 13:2</a> So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4</a> 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. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Jeremiah 13:11</a> For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/30-6.htm">Jeremiah 30:6</a> Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Jeremiah 48:37</a> For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/1-27.htm">Ezekiel 1:27</a> And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/8-2.htm">Ezekiel 8:2</a> Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/9-2.htm">Ezekiel 9:2</a> And lo, six men are coming from the way of the upper gate, that is facing the north, and each his slaughter-weapon in his hand, and one man in their midst is clothed with linen, and a scribe's inkhorn at his loins, and they come in, and stand near the brazen altar. (YLT NAS)<a href="/ezekiel/9-3.htm">Ezekiel 9:3</a> The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side. (See NAS)<a href="/ezekiel/9-4.htm">Ezekiel 9:4</a> And He calleth unto the man who is clothed with linen, who hath the scribe's inkhorn at his loins, and Jehovah saith unto him, 'Pass on into the midst of the city, into the midst of Jerusalem, and thou hast made a mark on the foreheads of the men who are sighing and who are groaning for all the abominations that are done in its midst.' (YLT)<a href="/ezekiel/9-11.htm">Ezekiel 9:11</a> And lo, the man clothed with linen, at whose loins 'is' the inkhorn, is bringing back word, saying, 'I have done as Thou hast commanded me.' (YLT NAS)<a href="/ezekiel/21-6.htm">Ezekiel 21:6</a> Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ezekiel/23-15.htm">Ezekiel 23:15</a> Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7</a> When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/44-18.htm">Ezekiel 44:18</a> They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/47-4.htm">Ezekiel 47:4</a> Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/daniel/5-6.htm">Daniel 5:6</a> Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/daniel/10-5.htm">Daniel 10:5</a> Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a> And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/nahum/2-1.htm">Nahum 2:1</a> He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/nahum/2-10.htm">Nahum 2:10</a> She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. 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