Jonah 3:5

NETBible

The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

NIV ©

The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

NASB ©

Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.

NLT ©

The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they decided to go without food and wear sackcloth to show their sorrow.

MSG ©

The people of Nineveh listened, and trusted God. They proclaimed a citywide fast and dressed in burlap to show their repentance. Everyone did it--rich and poor, famous and obscure, leaders and followers.

BBE ©

And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.

NRSV ©

And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.

NKJV ©

So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.


KJV
So the people
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of Nineveh
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believed
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God
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and proclaimed
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a fast
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and put
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on sackcloth
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from the greatest
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of them even to the least
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of them.
NASB ©

Then the people
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of Nineveh
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believed
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in God
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; and they called
<7121>
a fast
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and put
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on sackcloth
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from the greatest
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to the least
<6996>
of them.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
enepisteusan {V-AAI-3P} oi
<3588> 
T-NPM
andrev
<435> 
N-NPM
nineuh {N-GSF} tw
<3588> 
T-DSM
yew
<2316> 
N-DSM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ekhruxan
<2784> 
V-AAI-3P
nhsteian
<3521> 
N-ASF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
enedusanto
<1746> 
V-AMI-3P
sakkouv
<4526> 
N-APM
apo
<575> 
PREP
megalou
<3173> 
A-GSM
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
ewv
<2193> 
PREP
mikrou
<3398> 
A-GSM
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL
The people
<0376>
of Nineveh
<05210>
believed
<0539>
in God
<0430>
, and they declared
<07121>
a fast
<06685>
and put on
<03847>
sackcloth
<08242>
, from the greatest
<01419>
to the least
<06996>
of them.
HEBREW
Mnjq
<06996>
dew
<05704>
Mlwdgm
<01419>
Myqv
<08242>
wsblyw
<03847>
Mwu
<06685>
warqyw
<07121>
Myhlab
<0430>
hwnyn
<05210>
ysna
<0376>
wnymayw (3:5)
<0539>

NETBible

The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

NET Notes

tn Heb “men.” The term is used generically here for “people” (so KJV, ASV, and many other English versions); cf. NIV “the Ninevites.”

sn The people of Nineveh believed in God…. Verse 5 provides a summary of the response in Nineveh; the people of all ranks believed and gave evidence of contrition by fasting and wearing sackcloth (2 Sam 12:16, 19-23; 1 Kgs 21:27-29; Neh 9:1-2). Then vv. 6-9 provide specific details, focusing on the king’s reaction. The Ninevites’ response parallels the response of the pagan sailors in 1:6 and 13-16.

tn Heb “from the greatest of them to the least of them.”