Jonah 3:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.”
Jonah 3:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jonah 3:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jonah 3:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.”
Jonah 3:5 — World English Bible
Jonah 3:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. ”
Jonah 3:5 — American Standard Version
Jonah 3:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least,”
Jonah 3:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Jonah 3:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the men of Nineveh believedGod, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. ”
Jonah 3:5 — Darby Translation
Jonah 3:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So the people of Nineueh beleeued God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from ye greatest of the euen to the least of them.”
Jonah 3:5 — Geneva Bible
Jonah 3:5 in Context — Jonah 3
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
What Does Jonah 3:5 Mean?
Jonah 3:5 is a verse from the Book of Jonah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jonah chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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