Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The men of Nineveh believed in God.
New American Standard Bible
Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
The people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least important.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
The people of Nineveh believed and trusted in God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest even to the least of them.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Julia Smith Translation
And the men of Nineveh will believe in God, and they will call a fast, and put on sackcloth, from great and even to small.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the people of Nineveh believed in God, and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth--from the greatest of them {to the least important}.
Modern King James verseion
And the people of Nineveh believed God. And they called a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed fasting, and arrayed themselves in sackcloth, as well the great as the small of them.
NET Bible
The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
And the people of Nineveh believed in God, - and proclaimed a fast, and clothed themselves in sackcloth, from the greatest of them, even unto the least of them.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least,
Themes
Christian ministers » Success attending » Jonah
Faith » Instances of » Ninevites, in obeying jonah
Fasting » Instances of » Ninevites, when jonah preached to them
Heathen » Instances of » The ninevites
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Disappointed at the success of his own message
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Nineveh » Inhabitants of, repented at jonah's preaching
Obedience » Instances of » Ninevites
Repentance » Examples of » Fasts proclaimed in connection with
Repentance » True--exemplified
Repentance » Instances of » The ninevites, by the preaching of jonah
Revivals » Instances of » In nineveh
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 3:5
Prayers for Jonah 3:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The People Of Nineveh Repent At Jonah's Proclamation
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Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed,
Cross References
Luke 11:32
2 Chronicles 20:3
Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved
Daniel 9:3
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Joel 1:14
proclaim an assembly!
Gather the elders
and all the residents of the land
at the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
Joel 2:12-17
this is the Lord’s declaration—
turn to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
Matthew 12:41
Exodus 9:18-21
Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail
Ezra 8:21
I proclaimed a fast
Jeremiah 31:34
No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
Jeremiah 36:9
In the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month,
Jeremiah 42:1
Then all the commanders of the armies, along with Johanan son of Kareah,
Jeremiah 42:8
and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the armies who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
Acts 8:10
They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God!”
Acts 27:25
Therefore, take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just the way it was told to me.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the reality
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.