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Matthew 3:4
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KJ21
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
ASV
Now John himself had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
AMP
Now this same John had clothing made of camel’s hair and a [wide] leather band around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
AMPC
This same John’s garments were made of camel’s hair, and he wore a leather girdle about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
BRG
And 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.
CSB
Now John had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
CSBA
Now John had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
CEB
John wore clothes made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
CJB
Yochanan wore clothes of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
CEV
John wore clothes made of camel's hair. He had a leather strap around his waist and ate grasshoppers and wild honey.
DARBY
And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.
DLNT
Now John himself was having his clothing [made] of camel’s hair, and a belt made-of-leather around his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.
DRA
And the same John had his garment of camels' hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
ERV
John’s clothes were made from camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. For food, he ate locusts and wild honey.
EASY
John wore clothes made from the hair of a camel. He also wore a belt made from leather. His usual food was locusts and honey from the wilderness.
EHV
John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
ESV
Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
ESVUK
Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
EXB
John’s clothes were made from camel’s hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist [C reminiscent of the prophet Elijah; 2 Kin. 1:8]. For food, he ate locusts and wild honey [C signifies living off the land].
GNV
And this John had his garment of camel’s hair, and a girdle of a skin about his loins, his meat was also locusts and wild honey.
GW
John wore clothes made from camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.
GNT
John's clothes were made of camel's hair; he wore a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
HCSB
John himself had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
ICB
John’s clothes were made from camel’s hair. He wore a leather belt around his waist. For food, he ate locusts and wild honey.
ISV
John had clothing made of camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of grasshoppers and wild honey.
PHILLIPS
John wore clothes of camel-hair with a leather belt round his waist, and lived on locusts and wild honey. The people of Jerusalem and of all Judea and the Jordan district flocked to him, and were baptised by him in the river Jordan, publicly confessing their sins.
JUB
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
KJV
And 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.
AKJV
And 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.
LSB
Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
LEB
Now John himself had his clothing made from camel’s hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
TLB
John’s clothing was woven from camel’s hair and he wore a leather belt; his food was locusts and wild honey.
MSG
John dressed in a camel-hair habit tied at the waist by a leather strap. He lived on a diet of locusts and wild field honey. People poured out of Jerusalem, Judea, and the Jordanian countryside to hear and see him in action. There at the Jordan River those who came to confess their sins were baptized into a changed life.
MEV
This same John had clothing made of camel’s hair, a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
MOUNCE
Now · John wore · clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt about · his waist; · and his food was locusts and wild honey.
NOG
John wore clothes made from camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.
NABRE
John wore clothing made of camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
NASB
Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
NASB1995
Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
NCB
John’s clothing was made of camel’s hair, with a leather loincloth around his waist, and his food consisted of locusts and wild honey.
NCV
John’s clothes were made from camel’s hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food, he ate locusts and wild honey.
NET
Now John wore clothing made from camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.
NIRV
John’s clothes were made out of camel’s hair. He had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
NIV
John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
NIVUK
John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt round his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
NKJV
Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
NLV
John wore clothes made of hair from camels. He had a leather belt around him. His food was locusts and wild honey.
NLT
John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.
NMB
This John had his garment of camel’s hair, and a girdle of skin about his loins. His food was locusts and wild honey.
NRSVA
Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
NRSVACE
Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
NRSVCE
Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
NRSVUE
Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
NTFE
John himself had clothing made from camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
OJB
Now Yochanan himself had camel-hair clothing and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was arbe (locusts) and devash (wild honey).
RGT
And this John had his garment of camel’s hair, and a girdle of a skin around his loins. Also, his food was locusts and wild honey.
RSV
Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
RSVCE
Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
TLV
Now John wore clothing from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
VOICE
John wore wild clothes made from camel hair with a leather belt around his waist—the clothes of an outcast, a rebel. He ate locusts and wild honey.
WEB
Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
WE
John wore clothes made of camel's hair and a leather belt. He ate locusts and wild honey.
WYC
And this John [Forsooth that same John] had clothing of camel's hairs, and a girdle of skin about his loins; and his meat was honeysuckles [soothly his meat was locusts], and honey of the wood.
YLT
And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.
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