Matthew 11:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ “But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft garments? Look, those wearing soft garments are in the houses of sovereigns.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ What did you go out to see then? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in the houses of kings.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft raiment are in kings’ houses.

Common English Bible

⁸ What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in refined clothes? Look, those who wear refined clothes are in royal palaces.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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 11:8 Cross References

2 Kings 1:8

And they answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wore a leather girdle around his waist.” And he said, “It is Ě

Isaiah 20:2

at that same time יהוה  spoke by means of Yeshayahu son of Amots, saying, “Go, and remove the sackcloth from your body, and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Zechariah 13:4

“And it shall be in that day that the prophets shall be ashamed, everyone of his vision when he prophesies, and not put a hairy robe on in order to deceive,

Matthew 11:7

And as these were going, יהושע  began to say to the crowds concerning Yoḥ

Matthew 11:9

“But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

Matthew 3:4

And Yoḥ

Luke 7:25

“But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft garments? Look, those who are splendidly dressed and living in luxury are in the houses of sovereigns.

1 Corinthians 4:11

Until the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are scantily clad, and beaten, and homeless,

2 Corinthians 11:27

in toil and hardship, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness,

Deuteronomy 28:54

“The man among you who is tender, and who is very delicate, his eye is evil against his brother, against the wife of his bosom, and against the rest of his children whom he leaves behind,

Revelation 11:3

“And I shall give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clad in sackcloth.”