Jonah 3:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ “But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and call mightily to Elohim. And let each one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ Let humans and animals alike put on mourning clothes, and let them call upon God forcefully! And let all persons stop their evil behavior and the violence that’s under their control!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry out to the Lord with strength, and may man be converted from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.

Jonah 3:8 Cross References

Job 16:17

though no violence was on my hand, and my prayer sincere.

Job 36:10

And He opens their ear for discipline, and commands that they turn back from wickedness.

Isaiah 58:6

“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loosen the tight cords of wrongness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to exempt the oppressed, and to break off every yoke?

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs do not become garments, nor do they cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of wickedness, and a deed of violence is in their hands.

Jeremiah 18:11

“And now, speak to the men of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 25:5

saying, ‘Turn back now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the soil which יהוה  has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

Jeremiah 26:3

‘If so be that they listen and each turn from his evil way, then I shall repent of the evil that I plan to do to them, because of the evil of their deeds.’

Jeremiah 36:3

“It could be that the house of Yehuḏ

Ezekiel 33:11

“Say to them, ‘As I live,’ declares the Master יהוה, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wrong, but that the wrong turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Yisra’ĕ

Daniel 4:27

“Therefore, O sovereign, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your crookednesses by showing favour to the poor – your prosperity might be extended.”

Joel 1:14

Set apart a fast. Call an assembly, gather the elders, all the inhabitants of the land, into the House of יהוה  your Elohim, and cry out to יהוה.

Jonah 1:14

And they cried out to יהוה  and said, “We pray, O יהוה, please, let us not perish for this man’s life, and do not lay on us innocent blood. For You, O יהוה, have done as it pleased You.”

Jonah 1:6

And the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, cry out to your Elohim, if so be that Elohim shall think about us, so that we do not perish.”

Matthew 3:8

“Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance,

Acts 26:20

but declared first to those in Damascus and in Yerushalayim, and in all the country of Yehuḏ

Acts 3:19

“Repent therefore and turn back, for the blotting out of your sins, in order that times of refreshing might come from the presence of the Master,

Revelation 11:3

“And I shall give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clad in sackcloth.”