Jonah 3:5
ContextNET © | The people 1 of Nineveh believed in God, 2 and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 3 |
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. |
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NET © | The people 1 of Nineveh believed in God, 2 and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “men.” The term is used generically here for “people” (so KJV, ASV, and many other English versions); cf. NIV “the Ninevites.” 2 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. 3 tn Heb “from the greatest of them to the least of them.” |