5The 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.


In Context

2 |Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.|

3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.

4 Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, |In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!|

5 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.

6 The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7 He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, |Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;

Jonah 3:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5So 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:5The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And the men of Ninive believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5So 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5So 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.