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:
Parallel translations
- WEB No one shall be weary nor stumble among them; no one shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the strap of their sandals be broken:
- BSB None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
- NKJV No one will be weary or stumble among them, No one will slumber or sleep; Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed, Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;
- NASB No one in it is tired or stumbles, No one slumbers or sleeps; Nor is the undergarment at his waist loosened, Nor his sandal strap broken.
- NLT They will not get tired or stumble. They will not stop for rest or sleep. Not a belt will be loose, not a sandal strap broken.
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Quick answer
The invading army is tireless and disciplined, never weary, stumbling, or unprepared. It portrays an unstoppable force perfectly equipped for conquest.
Overview
The vivid description of soldiers who never sleep and whose gear never fails emphasizes the relentless efficiency of God's chosen instrument of judgment. Their readiness contrasts sharply with the complacency and drunkenness of Judah. The verse heightens the sense of inescapable doom approaching God's unfaithful people.
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- Job 12:18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
- Joel 2:7–8They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
- Job 12:21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
- Dan 5:6Then 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.
- Ps 18:32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
- Eph 6:13–14Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
- Isa 45:5I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
- Deut 32:25The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
- 1 Kgs 2:5Moreover 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.
- Isa 11:5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
- Ps 93:1The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
- Isa 45:1Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
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