Jonah 3:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For word came to the king of Nineveh [of all that had happened to Jonah, and his terrifying message from God], and he arose from his throne and he laid his robe aside, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Common English Bible

When word of it reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, stripped himself of his robe, covered himself with mourning clothes, and sat in ashes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And word reached the king of Nineveh. And he rose from his throne, and he threw off his robe from himself and was clothed in sackcloth, and he sat in ashes.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the word came to the king of Ninive; and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Jonah 3:6 Cross References

1 Kings 21:27

And when Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about dejectedly.

Job 2:8

And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes.

Job 42:6

therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

Isaiah 15:3

in the streets they gird on sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares every one wails and melts in tears.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say to the king and the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.”

Jeremiah 36:13

And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the scroll in the hearing of the people.

Jeremiah 36:24

Yet neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words, was afraid, nor did they rend their garments.

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, gird on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have cast dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the maidens of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 3:29

let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope;

Ezekiel 26:16

Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones, and remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit upon the ground and tremble every moment, and be appalled at you.

Daniel 9:3

Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Micah 1:10

Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; in Beth-le-aphrah roll yourselves in the dust.

Matthew 11:21

“Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Beth-saida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:13

“Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Beth-saida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.