Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

They replied, “A hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.”

He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”

International Standard Version

They answered, "The man was a hairy fellow. He wore a leather sash around his waist." The king responded, "It's Elijah, that foreigner!"

A Conservative Version

And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a belt of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a [wide] leather band bound around his loins.” And Ahaziah said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

Bible in Basic English

And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Darby Translation

And they said to him, He was a man in a hairy garment, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will say to him, A man possessing hair, girded with a girdle of skin upon his loins. And he will say, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

King James 2000

And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and wearing a belt of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They answered him, "A {hairy man} with a leather belt girded around his waist." And he said, "It [is] Elijah the Tishbite."

Modern King James verseion

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And they said unto him, "It was a hairy man and girded with a girdle of a skin about his loins." And he said unto them, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

NET Bible

They replied, "He was a hairy man and had a leather belt tied around his waist." The king said, "He is Elijah the Tishbite."

New Heart English Bible

They answered him, "He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist." He said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

The Emphasized Bible

And they said unto him - A hairy man, with a leathern girdle girt about his loins. And he said - Elijah the Tishbite, it was.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

They answered him, "He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist." He said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

Youngs Literal Translation

And they say unto him, 'A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, 'He is Elijah the Tishbite.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
him, He was an hairy
שׂער שׂער 
Se`ar 
Usage: 28

man
בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 85

and girt
אזר 
'azar 
Usage: 16

with a girdle
אזור 
'ezowr 
Usage: 14

of leather
עור 
`owr 
Usage: 99

מתן 
Mothen 
Usage: 47

It is Elijah
אליּהוּ אליּה 
'Eliyah 
Usage: 71

Context Readings

Elijah And The Messengers Of Ahaziah

7 What did the man look like? The king asked. 8 They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.” 9 Then he sent an officer with fifty men to get Elijah. The officer found him sitting on a hill and said to him: Man of God, the king orders you to come down.

Cross References

Zechariah 13:4

It will happen! The prophets, each one of them will be ashamed of his vision and his prophesy. They will not wear a hairy mantle to deceive.

Matthew 3:4

John wore clothes made from camel's hair. He had a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:6

John was clothed in camel's hair with a leather belt about his loins. He ate locusts and wild honey.

Isaiah 20:2

At that time Jehovah spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him: Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet. He did this and went around stripped and barefoot.

Matthew 11:8

What did you expect to see, a man clothed in fancy clothes? Those who wear fancy clothes are in king's houses.

Luke 1:17

He will go before God in the spirit and power of Elijah. He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness. This will make ready a people whose hearts have been directed to Jehovah (YHWH). (Malachi 3:1)

Revelation 11:3

I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

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