Matthew 3:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.”
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“John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 3:4 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 11:22Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
- Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
- 1 Samuel 14:25Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
- 2 Kings 1:8“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
- Zechariah 13:4And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
- Malachi 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Matthew 11:8Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.
- Matthew 11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
- Mark 1:6John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
- Luke 1:17And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
- Revelation 11:3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
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