Verse Comparison: Jonah 3:5
American Standard Version
And 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.
Amplified® Bible
So the people of Nineveh believed in God and proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Contemporary English Version
They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth.
Darby English Version
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.
Good News Bible
The people of Nineveh believed God's message. So they decided that everyone should fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth to show that they had repented.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.
New International Version
The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
New King James Version
So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.
Revised Standard Version
And the people of Nin'eveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them 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,
