Jonah 3:5 — Compare Translations

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So the people of Nineveh believed in God and proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So the people of Nineveh believed in God and proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Then the people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth — from the greatest of them to the least.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

The people who lived in Nineveh believed God's message. They told everyone that they must not eat any food for several days. Everyone had to wear sackcloth to show that they were sorry. The most important people and the ordinary people all did that.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The people of Nineveh believed God. They decided to stop eating for a time to think about their sins. They put on special clothes to show they were sorry. All the people in the city did this, from the most important to the least important.

And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The people of Nineveh believed God's message. So they decided that everyone should fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth to show that they had repented.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The people of Nineveh believed God. They decided to fast, and everyone, from the most important to the least important, dressed in sackcloth.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The men of Nineveh believed in God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth-- from the greatest of them to the least.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

when the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The people of Nineveh believed God's warning. They decided not to eat any food for a while. All of them put on black clothes. That's what everyone from the least important of them to the most important did.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

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

English 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.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The people of Nineveh believed Jonah’s message and turned to God. To show they had repented, they called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

And they believed him and declared a fast; from the king on down, everyone put on sackcloth—the rough, coarse garments worn at times of mourning.

English Tyndale 1537

And the people of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed fasting, and arrayed themselves in sackcloth, as well the great as the small of them.