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Jeremiah 13:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 11 ‘For just as a belt clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me,’ declares Jehovah, ‘to become to me a people,+ a name,+ a praise, and something beautiful. But they did not obey.’+

Jeremiah 13:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 11 ‘For just as a belt clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me,’ declares Jehovah, ‘to become to me a people,+ a name,+ a praise, and something beautiful. But they did not obey.’+

Jeremiah 13:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 11 ‘For just as a belt clings to the hips of a man,* so I caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling even to me,’+ is the utterance of Jehovah, ‘in order to become to me a people+ and a name+ and a praise and something beautiful; but they did not obey.’+

Jeremiah 13:11

The Bible in Living English
- 11 * For as the loincloth is made fast to a man’s waist, so I made all the house of Judah fast to myself, quoth Jehovah, to be my own people and my fame and praise and glory, but they did not listen.

Jeremiah 13:11

American Standard Version
- 11 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 Jehovah; that they may be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

Jeremiah 13:11

The Emphasized Bible
- 11 For as a girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man so caused I to cleave unto me—the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, Declareth Yahweh, to become mine—For a people, and For a name and For a praise and For an adorning,—but they hearkened not.