and the hand of the LORD was on Eliyahu; and he girded up his waist, and ran before Ach'av to the entrance of Yizre`el.
2 Kings 1:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a belt of leather about his waist. He said, It is Eliyahu the Tishbi. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 They said to him, “He wore clothes made of hair with a leather belt around his waist.” Ahaziah said, “That was Elijah from Tishbe.” Catholic Public Domain Version So they said, "A hairy man, with a belt of leather wrapping his waist." And he said, "It is Elijah, the Tishbite." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they said: A hairy man with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said: It is Elias the Thesbite. |
and the hand of the LORD was on Eliyahu; and he girded up his waist, and ran before Ach'av to the entrance of Yizre`el.
He said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?
at that time the LORD spoke by Yeshaiyahu the son of Amotz, saying, *Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your shoes from off your feet.* He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
It will happen in that day, that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision, when he prophesies; neither will they wear a hairy mantle to deceive:
But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
Now Yochanan himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Yochanan was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Eliyahu, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.*
I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.*