Parallel Verses New International Version The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. King James Bible 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. Darby Bible 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. 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. Young's 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, Jonah 3:5 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe people of Nineveh believed God - They had no doubt that the threatening would be fulfilled, unless their speedy conversion prevented it; but, though not expressed, they knew that the threatening was conditional. "The promises and threatenings of God, which are merely personal, either to any particular man or number of men, are always conditional, because the wisdom of God hath thought fit to make these depend on the behavior of men." - Dr. S. Clarke's Sermons, vol. i. Proclaimed a fast - And never was there one so general, so deep, and so effectual. Men and women, old and young, high and low, and even the cattle themselves, all kept such a fast as the total abstinence from food implies. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge believed. Exodus 9:18-21 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail... Acts 27:25 Why, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. Hebrews 11:1,7 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen... and proclaimed. from. Library Threefold Repentance'And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2. Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. 4. And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall he overthrown. 5. So the people of Ninoveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Whether it is Lawful for Religious to Wear Coarser Clothes than Others? Of a Private Fast. The Unchangeableness of God Cross References Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here. Luke 11:32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here. Revelation 11:3 And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth." Esther 4:1 When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. Jeremiah 36:9 In the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting before the LORD was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah. Daniel 9:3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. Joel 1:14 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. Jump to Previous Belief Believe Believed Declared Fast Fixed Food Greatest Haircloth Least Nineveh Nin'eveh Ninevites Proclaim Proclaimed Sackcloth TimeJump to Next Belief Believe Believed Declared Fast Fixed Food Greatest Haircloth Least Nineveh Nin'eveh Ninevites Proclaim Proclaimed Sackcloth TimeLinks Jonah 3:5 NIVJonah 3:5 NLT Jonah 3:5 ESV Jonah 3:5 NASB Jonah 3:5 KJV Jonah 3:5 Bible Apps Jonah 3:5 Biblia Paralela Jonah 3:5 Chinese Bible Jonah 3:5 French Bible Jonah 3:5 German Bible Jonah 3:5 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |