They replied, ‘A hairy man with a leather belt round his waist.’ He said, ‘It’s Elijah the Tishbite.’
Mark 1:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt round his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And John wore clothing woven of camel's hair and had a leather girdle around his loins and ate locusts and wild honey. American Standard Version (1901) And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey. Common English Bible John wore clothes made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey. Catholic Public Domain Version And John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist. And he ate locusts and wild honey. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey. |
They replied, ‘A hairy man with a leather belt round his waist.’ He said, ‘It’s Elijah the Tishbite.’
You may eat these: any kind of locust, cicada, cricket, and grasshopper.
On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
Now John had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and they were baptised by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.
He proclaimed, ‘One who is more powerful than I am is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals.