They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.” “It’s Elijah the Tishbite,” he said.
Mark 1:6 - Tree of Life Version John wore clothes made from camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and 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. |
They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.” “It’s Elijah the Tishbite,” he said.
You may eat from any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket and any kind of grasshopper.
Therefore in that day each ‘prophet’ will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will no longer wear a hairy mantle in order to deceive
Now John wore clothing from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
All the Judean countryside was going out to him, and all the Jerusalemites. As they confessed their sins, they were being immersed by him in the Jordan River.
“After me comes One who is mightier than I am,” he proclaimed. “I’m not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals!