Isaiah 11:5
New International Version
Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

New Living Translation
He will wear righteousness like a belt and truth like an undergarment.

English Standard Version
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

Berean Standard Bible
Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

King James Bible
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

New King James Version
Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

New American Standard Bible
Also righteousness will be the belt around His hips, And faithfulness the belt around His waist.

NASB 1995
Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

NASB 1977
Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

Legacy Standard Bible
Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

Amplified Bible
And righteousness will be the belt around His loins, And faithfulness the belt around His waist.

Christian Standard Bible
Righteousness will be a belt around his hips; faithfulness will be a belt around his waist.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Righteousness will be a belt around His loins; faithfulness will be a belt around His waist.

American Standard Version
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist and faith the girdle of his side

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he shall have his loins girt with righteousness, and his sides clothed with truth.

Contemporary English Version
Honesty and fairness will be his royal robes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.

English Revised Version
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Justice will be the belt around his waist. Faithfulness will be the belt around his hips.

Good News Translation
He will rule his people with justice and integrity.

International Standard Version
Righteousness will be the sash around his loins, and faithfulness the belt around his waist."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Literal Standard Version
And righteousness has been the girdle of His loins, | And faithfulness—the girdle of His reins.

Majority Standard Bible
Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

New American Bible
Justice shall be the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips.

NET Bible
Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips.

New Revised Standard Version
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins.

New Heart English Bible
Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

Webster's Bible Translation
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

World English Bible
Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his waist.

Young's Literal Translation
And righteousness hath been the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness -- the girdle of his reins.

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Context
The Root of Jesse
4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. 5Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist. 6The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.…

Cross References
Ephesians 6:14
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

Psalm 109:19
May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 25:1
O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders--plans formed long ago--in perfect faithfulness.

Isaiah 32:1
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

Zechariah 8:16
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,


Treasury of Scripture

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

righteousness

Isaiah 59:17
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

Psalm 93:1
The 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.

2 Corinthians 6:7
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

and faithfulness

Isaiah 25:1
O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Hosea 2:20
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

Hebrews 2:17
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

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Isaiah 11
1. The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root of Jesse
10. The victorious restoration of Israel, and vocation of the Gentiles.














(5) Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins . . .--The image of clothing as the symbol of habit or character was already familiar (Psalm 109:18-19). The repetition of "girdle" has needlessly offended some fastidious critics, but the emphasis of iteration is quite after Isaiah's manner (Isaiah 15:8; Isaiah 16:7; Isaiah 17:12-13). It perhaps implies an upper and a lower girdle as the symbol of complete equipment. In the "loins girt about with truth" of Ephesians 6:14, we may probably trace an allusive reference. The armour of the followers of Christ was to be like that of Christ Himself.

Verse 5. - Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, etc.; i.e. "righteousness shall be ever with him, ever ready for active use, ever (as it were) bracing him for action." Assuredly, he was "righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works" (Psalm 145:17). Faithfulness (comp. Ephesians 6:14, "Having your loins girt about with truth").

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Righteousness
צֶ֖דֶק (ṣe·ḏeq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity

will be
וְהָ֥יָה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the belt
אֵז֣וֹר (’ê·zō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 232: Something girt, a belt, a band

around His hips,
מָתְנָ֑יו (mā·ṯə·nāw)
Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4975: The waist, small of the back, the loins

and faithfulness
וְהָאֱמוּנָ֖ה (wə·hā·’ĕ·mū·nāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 530: Firmness, steadfastness, fidelity

the sash
אֵז֥וֹר (’ê·zō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 232: Something girt, a belt, a band

around His waist.
חֲלָצָֽיו׃ (ḥă·lā·ṣāw)
Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2504: The loins


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