Verse 8
Jonah 3:8
Literal Standard Version
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and let man and beast cover themselves with sackcloth, and let them call to God (Elohim) mightily, and let them each turn back from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יִתְכַּסּ֣וּ שַׂקִּ֗ים הָֽ/אָדָם֙ וְ/הַ/בְּהֵמָ֔ה וְ/יִקְרְא֥וּ אֶל אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּ/חָזְקָ֑ה וְ/יָשֻׁ֗בוּ אִ֚ישׁ מִ/דַּרְכּ֣/וֹ הָֽ/רָעָ֔ה וּ/מִן הֶ/חָמָ֖ס אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ/כַפֵּי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And the people and the animals shall cover themselves with sackcloth, and they shall cry out to God mightily, and let each one turn from his wicked way and from the violence that is in his hands.
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Chapter 3 Context
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And there is a word of YHWH to Jonah a second time, saying,
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“Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the proclamation that I am speaking to you”...
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and Jonah rises, and he goes to Nineveh, according to the word of YHWH. And Nineveh has been a great...
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And Jonah begins to go into the city—a journey of one day—and proclaims and says, “Yet forty days an...
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And the men of Nineveh believe in God (Elohim), and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from thei...
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seeing the word comes to the king of Nineveh, and he rises from his throne, and removes his honorabl...
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and he cries and says in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, “Man and beast,...
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and let man and beast cover themselves with sackcloth, and let them call to God (Elohim) mightily, a...
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Who knows? He turns back, and God (Elohim) has relented, and has turned back from the heat of His an...
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And God (Elohim) sees their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God (Elohim)...
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