2 Kings 1:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ So they said, "A hairy man, with a belt of leather wrapping his waist." And he said, "It is Elijah, the Tishbite."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ They answered, He was a hairy man with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Common English Bible

⁸ They said to him, “He wore clothes made of hair with a leather belt around his waist.” Ahaziah said, “That was Elijah from Tishbe.”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But they said: A hairy man with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said: It is Elias the Thesbite.

English Standard Version 2016

⁸ They answered him, “He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

2 Kings 1:8 Cross References

1 Kings 18:46

And the hand of the Lord was upon Elijah. And cinching his waist, he ran before Ahab, until he arrived at Jezreel.

2 Kings 1:7

And he said to them: "What was the appearance and dress of that man, who met you and who spoke these words?"

Isaiah 20:2

in that same time, the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying: "Go forth, and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your shoes from your feet." And he did so, going out naked and barefoot.

Zechariah 13:4

And this shall be: In that day, the prophets will be confounded, each one by his own vision, when he will prophesy. Neither will they be covered with a garment of sackcloth in order to deceive.

Matthew 11:8

So what did you go out to see? A man in soft garments? Behold, those who are clothed in soft garments are in the houses of kings.

Matthew 3:4

Now the same John had a garment made from the hair of camels, and a leather belt around his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:6

And John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist. And he ate locusts and wild honey.

Luke 1:17

And he will go before him with the spirit and power of Elijah, so that he may turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the incredulous to the prudence of the just, so as to prepare for the Lord a completed people."

Revelation 11:3

And I will present my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.