Jonah 3:7 · Young's Literal Translation
Jonah 3:7 in the Original Hebrew
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Jonah 3:7 in Other Translations
| KJV | 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: |
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| WEB | He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; |
| ASV | 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; |
| YLT | and he crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, ‘Man and beast, herd and flock—let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not drink; |
| WBT | 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: |
| DBY | 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 anything: let them not feed, nor drink water; |
Commentary on Jonah 3:7
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John Gill · Jonah 3:7
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh,.... By a herald or heralds, sent into the several parts of the city:
by the decree of the king and his nobles; with whom he consulted, and whose advice he took; and who were equally concerned at this news, and very probably were present when word was brought to the king concerning it:
saying, let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; a very strict and general fast this: abstinence from all food was enjoined; not only men of every rank and age, but the cattle likewise, horses and camels, they used either for their pleasure or business; their oxen, cows, and calves, of their herd; their sheep, goats, lambs, and kids, of their flocks:
let them not feed, nor drink water; no food were to be put into their mangers or folds: nor were they to be suffered to graze in their pastures, or to be allowed the least quantity of food or drink; this was ordered, to make the mourning the greater; thus Virgil (u) describes the mourning for the death of Caesar by the oxen not coming to the rivers to drink, nor touching the grass of the field; and to afflict their minds the more, and for their greater mortification, since these creatures were for their use and pleasure, Fasting was used by the Heathens; as well as the Jews, in some cases; particularly the Egyptians, as Herodotus (w) observes, from whom the Assyrians might take it.
(u) "Non ulli pastos, illis egere diebus Frigida Daphni boves, ad flumius, nulla neque amnem Libavit quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam". Bucolic. Eclog. 5. l. 24, &c. (w) L. 2. c. 4. & l. 4. c. 186.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Jonah 3:7
neither . . . beast . . . taste any thing--The brute creatures share in the evil effects of man's sin (; , ); so they here according to Eastern custom, are made to share in man's outward indications of humiliation. "When the Persian general Masistias was slain, the horses and mules of the Persians were shorn, as well as themselves" [NEWCOME from PLUTARCH; also HERODOTUS, 9.24].
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Questions about Jonah 3:7
What does Jonah 3:7 say?
Jonah 3:7 in the Young's Literal Translation reads: “and he crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, ‘Man and beast, herd and flock—let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not drink;” Read it in the full context of Jonah 3, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Jonah 3:7 found in the Bible?
Jonah 3:7 is in the book of Jonah, chapter 3, verse 7, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Jonah 3:7 shown in?
This is the Young's Literal Translation (YLT), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Jonah 3:7 in the table on this page.
Word came unto the king - This, some think, was Pul; others, Sardanapalus his son, king of Assyria, who flourished in the reign of Jeroboam the Second: but it seems more probable that the monarch here alluded to was a king of Assyria contemporary with Joash, king of Judah. It was by the decree of the king that the fast was instituted, and became general.