And the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah. And he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
2 Kings 1:8 - Modern King James Version And they answered him, He was a hairy man and was bound with a girdle of leather around his loins. And he said, He is Elijah 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 Jehovah was on Elijah. And he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
And he said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?
at that time Jehovah spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and take the sackcloth off your loins, and take your shoe off your foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
And it shall be in that day, the prophets shall be ashamed, each one of his vision, when he prophesies. And they shall not wear a hairy garment to deceive.
But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, they who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair and a leather girdle about his loins. And his food was locusts and wild honey.
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leather girdle about his loin. And he ate locusts and wild honey.
And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 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 to My two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.