They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”
Mark 1:6 - Y'all Version Bible John wore clothing made from camel hair and 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, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”
Of these y’all may eat any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
It will happen in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they won’t wear a hairy mantle to deceive,
Now John himself wore clothing made of camel hair and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
People from the whole Judean countryside and everyone in Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, publicly acknowledging their sins.
And he preached, saying, “After me comes one who is stronger than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.