And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and wearing a belt of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
Matthew 11:8 - King James 2000 But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft clothes? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings. |
And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and wearing a belt of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
At the same time spoke the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and remove the sackcloth from off your body, and put off your shoes from your feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he has prophesied; neither shall they wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive:
And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went you out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
But what went you out to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live in luxury, are in kings' courts.
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
So that the man that is gentle among you, and very refined, his eye shall show no compassion toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave behind:
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth.