Jonah 3:8
“But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.”
Jonah 3:8 — King James Version
Verse 8 of 10 in Jonah chapter 3 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Jonah 3:8 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.”
- American Standard Version
- “but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.”
Jonah 3 — full chapter (King James Version)
And of the LORD came unto the second time, saying, Arise, go unto , that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. So arose, and went unto , according to of the LORD. Now was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey. And began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and shall be overthrown. So the people of believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. For word came unto the king of , and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through 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: But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.