Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
Parallel translations
- WEB Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.
- BSB Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
- NKJV Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, With Your glory and Your majesty.
- NASB ¶Strap Your sword on Your thigh, Mighty One, In Your splendor and majesty!
- NLT Put on your sword, O mighty warrior! You are so glorious, so majestic!
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Quick answer
The king is summoned to gird on his sword in splendor and majesty. It matters because it portrays the royal warrior, fulfilled in Christ the conquering King.
Overview
The bridegroom-king is addressed as a mighty warrior arming for battle, his sword a sign of strength to defend and conquer. Glory and majesty clothe him. This martial imagery anticipates Christ, who wages war not with steel but in righteousness, conquering by His word and triumphing over every foe.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- Heb 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- Isa 49:2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
- Rev 1:16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
- Rev 19:15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
- Isa 63:1–6Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- Ps 21:5His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
- Ps 96:6Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
- Heb 8:1Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
- Ps 104:1Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
- Ps 145:12To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
- Jude 1:25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
- Heb 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- Ps 145:5I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
- Rom 14:9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
- Rev 19:21And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
- Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
- Acts 10:36The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
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