Jonah 3

1And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time saying:

1And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

1And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

2Arise, and go to Ninive, the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee.

2Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I shall bid thee.

2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

3And Jonah arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive was a great city of three days' journey.

3And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days’ journey.

4And Jonah began to enter into the city one day's journey: and he cried and said: Yet forty days and Ninive shall be destroyed.

4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!

4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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

5And the men of Nineveh believedGod, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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.

6And the word came to the king of Ninive: and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

6And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

6And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published in Ninive, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: Let neither men nor beasts, oxen, nor sheep taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water.

7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;

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

8And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.

8and let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily untoGod; and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

8but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.

9Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?

9Who knoweth but thatGod will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

9Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

10And God saw their works, that they were turned from their evil way: and God had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he would do to them, and he did it not.

10AndGod saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; andGod repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them, and he did [it] not.

10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.