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Jonah 3:5
New English Translation
Jonah 3:5
New English Translation
5 The people[a] of Nineveh believed in God,[b] and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.[c]
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- Jonah 3:5 tn Heb “men.” The term is used generically here for “people” (so KJV, ASV, and many other English versions); cf. NIV “the Ninevites.”
- Jonah 3:5 sn The people of Nineveh believed in God…. Verse 5 provides a summary of the response in Nineveh; the people of all ranks believed and gave evidence of contrition by fasting and wearing sackcloth (2 Sam 12:16, 19-23; 1 Kgs 21:27-29; Neh 9:1-2). Then vv. 6-9 provide specific details, focusing on the king’s reaction. The Ninevites’ response parallels the response of the pagan sailors in 1:6 and 13-16.
- Jonah 3:5 tn Heb “from the greatest of them to the least of them.”
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