Jonah 3:7
And 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 any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
KJV
Et clamavit, et dixit in Ninive ex ore regis et principum ejus, dicens : Homines, et jumenta, et boves, et pecora non gustent quidquam : nec pascantur, et aquam non bibant.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐκηρύχθη καὶ ἐρρέθη ἐν τῇ Νινευὴ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ παρὰ τῶν μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ λέγων Οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ τὰ κτήνη καὶ οἱ βόες καὶ τὰ πρόβατα μὴ γευσάσθωσαν μηδὲν μηδὲ νεμέσθωσαν μηδὲ ὕδωρ πιέτωσαν.
LXX
And 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;
ASV
וַ/יַּזְעֵ֗ק וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ בְּ/נִֽינְוֵ֔ה מִ/טַּ֧עַם הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְ וּ/גְדֹלָ֖י/ו לֵ/אמֹ֑ר הָ/אָדָ֨ם וְ/הַ/בְּהֵמָ֜ה הַ/בָּקָ֣ר וְ/הַ/צֹּ֗אן אַֽל יִטְעֲמוּ֙ מְא֔וּמָה אַ֨ל יִרְע֔וּ וּ/מַ֖יִם אַל יִשְׁתּֽוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 20:3 — And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
- Ezra 7:28 — And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered togeth
- Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
- Joel 1:18 — How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
- Joel 2:15 — Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
- Jonah 3:5 — 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.
- Rom 8:20 — For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,