II Kings 1:8
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Kings 1:8 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und sie sprachen zu ihm: Es war ein Mann in härenem Gewande und an seinen Lenden gegürtet mit einem ledernen Gürtel. Und er sprach: Es ist Elia, der Tisbiter.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y ellos le respondieron: Un varón velloso, y ceñía sus lomos con un cinto de cuero. Entonces él dijo: Elías Thisbita es.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E eles lhe responderam: Um homem vestido de pelos, e cingia seus lombos com um cinto de couro. Então ele disse: É Elias, o tisbita.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Responderam-lhes: "Ele vestia uma roupa feita de pelos e tinha um cinto de couro amarrado em volta da cintura". Então, o rei replicou: "Este é Elias, o tesbita".
📖 II Kings 1:8 in Context
6And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
7And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
8And 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.
9Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
10And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
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