New Revised Standard Version
“Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit;

Contemporary English Version
Be ready and keep your lamps burning

New American Bible
“Gird your loins and light your lamps

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let your loins be girt and lamps burning in your hands.

Let your loins be girt and lamps burning in your hands.

your loins.

1 Kings 18:46 And the hand of the Lord was upon Elias, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Achab, till he came to Jezrahel.

Proverbs 31:17 She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.

Isaiah 5:27 There is none that shall faint, nor labour among them: they shall not slumber nor sleep, neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken.

Isaiah 11:5 And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.

Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of justice:

1 Peter 1:13 Wherefore, having the loins of your mind girt up, being sober, trust perfectly in the grace which is offered you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.

your lights.

Matthew 5:16 So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 25:1,4-10 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride. . . .

Philippians 2:15 That you may be blameless and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation: among whom you shine as lights in the world.