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 in the real world
Who
In what words
- חׇזְקָהchozqâhvehemence (usually in a bad sense)
- שַׂקsaqproperly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking
- חָמָסchâmâçviolence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
- כָּסָהkâçâhproperly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrec
- בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- אָדָםʼâdâmruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
+4 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 55:6–7, Isa 59:6, Jon 1:6, Ezk 18:21–24, Jon 1:14, Isa 1:16–19, Act 3:19, Isa 58:6