| New Living Translation (NLT) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 5 The people of Nineveh believed God's message, and from the greatest to the least, they decided to go without food and wear sackcloth to show their sorrow. | 5 The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. |
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