Mark 1:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

New Living Translation
His clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.

English Standard Version
Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.

Berean Study Bible
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

New American Standard Bible
John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.

NASB 1995
John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.

NASB 1977
And John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.

Amplified Bible
John wore clothing made of camel’s hair and had a [wide] leather band around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Christian Standard Bible
John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.

Contemporary English Version
John wore clothes made of camel's hair. He had a leather strap around his waist and ate grasshoppers and wild honey.

Good News Translation
John wore clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
John was dressed in clothes made from camel's hair. He wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.

International Standard Version
Now John was dressed in camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist. He ate grasshoppers and wild honey.

NET Bible
John wore a garment made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

New King James Version
Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

King James 2000 Bible
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a belt of a skin about his waist; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

New Heart English Bible
And John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

World English Bible
John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

American King James Version
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

American Standard Version
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.

A Faithful Version
Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Darby Bible Translation
And John was clothed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.

English Revised Version
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.

Webster's Bible Translation
And John was clothed with camels hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Nowe Iohn was clothed with camels heare, and with a girdle of a skinne about his loynes: and he did eate Locusts and wilde hony,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Iohn was clothed with Camelles heere, and with a girdle of a skynne about his loynes: and he did eate locustes and wylde hony.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Ihon was clothed with Camels heer, and with a lethron gerdell aboute his loynes, and ate locustes and wylde hony,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Iohn was clothed with cammylles heer and with a gerdyll of a skyn a bout hys loynes. And he dyd eate locustes and wylde hony
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

Berean Literal Bible
And John was clothed in camel's hair and a belt of leather around his waist; and he is eating locusts and wild honey.

Young's Literal Translation
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

Smith's Literal Translation
And John was dressed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and eating locusts and wild honey;

Literal Emphasis Translation
And John was clothed in hair of a camel and a leather belt around his waist; and he was eating locusts and wild honey.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist. And he ate locusts and wild honey.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But the same Yohannan was clothed with clothing of hair of the camel and he was bound with a belt of leather at his waist and his food was locusts and honey of the field.

Lamsa Bible
John wore a dress of camel’s hair, with a girdle of leather fastened around his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a girdle of leather around his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey:

Godbey New Testament
And John was clothed with camel's hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and eating locusts and wild honey;

Haweis New Testament
Now John was clothed with a camel?s hair garment, and a girdle of leather about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Mace New Testament
now John was clothed with camels hair, with a leathern girdle about his waist: and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Weymouth New Testament
As for John, his garment was of camel's hair, and he wore a loincloth of leather; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Worrell New Testament
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.

Worsley New Testament
And John was clothed with camels hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and he lived upon locusts and wild honey: and he preached,
















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