And the hand of the Lord was on Eli´jah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
2 Kings 1:8 - King James Version - American Edition And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Eli´jah the Tishbite. 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 Eli´jah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
at the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. 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 hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
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;
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Eli´jah, 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.
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.