4John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.


In Context

1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea

2 and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."

3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.' "

4 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.

5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.

6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Matthew 3:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:4And the same John had his garment of camels' hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4And 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.