2 Kings 1:8

2 Kings 1:8 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8They replied, “He had a garment of hair and had a leather belt around his waist.”
The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

8And they said to him, “He was a hairy man with a leather belt worn around his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

8They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a [wide] leather band bound around his loins.” And Ahaziah said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

8“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.”
“It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

8And 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.

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

8And they said vnto him, He was an hearie man, and girded with a girdle of lether about his loynes. Then sayde he, It is Eliiah the Tishbite.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

8They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.”
He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

8They replied, “He was wearing clothes made out of hair. He had a leather belt around his waist.”
The king said, “That was Elijah from Tishbe.”

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

8They replied, ‘He was wearing rough clothes. He had tied a leather belt around him.’
The king said, ‘That is Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe.’

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

8And they say to him, “A hairy man, and a girdle of skin girt around his loins”; and he says, “He [is] Elijah the Tishbite.”

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