KJV King James Version
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;
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Mark 1:6
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;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
WEB World English Bible
John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
ASV American Standard Version
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,
Surrounding context — Mark 1
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 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;
7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἦνG1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸωάννηςG2491 · IōannēsJohnἐνδεδυμένοςG1746 · enduōto put onτρίχαςG2359 · thrixhairκαμήλουG2574 · kamēloscamelκαὶG2532 · kaiandζώνηνG2223 · zōnēbelt/sash/girdleδερματίνηνG1193 · dermatinosmade of leatherπερὶG4012 · periaboutτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀσφὺνG3751 · osphusloinsαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐσθίωνG2068 · esthiōto eatἀκρίδαςG200 · akrislocustκαὶG2532 · kaiandμέλιG3192 · melihoneyἄγριον.G66 · agrioswild
Cross-references
2 Kings 1:8And 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.Leviticus 11:22[Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.Zechariah 13:4And 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:Matthew 3:4And 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.
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