Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Mark 1:6 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist; he 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. |
Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
The whole Judean countryside was going out to him, and so were the people of Jerusalem. They were all being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
He proclaimed, “After me comes one who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.