And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh 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:
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Louis Segond 1910
Et il fit faire dans Ninive cette publication, par ordre du roi et de ses grands; Que les hommes et les bêtes, les boeufs et les brebis, ne goûtent de rien, ne paissent point, et ne boivent point d'eau!
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And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh 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:
Remigius of Reims
Four Epistles to Clovis
r episcopacy. I asked that Claudius, the perpetrator of sacrilege, be kept in repentance. We read in Jonah 3:5-10 that the Ninevites, through repentance, escaped the destruction foretold by a heavenly warning. John, the precursor of the Lord, preached in the Gospel (Matthew 3:2)…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
alamity threatens, even children are commanded to fast, in sign of more severe penance, according to Jonah 3:7, "Let neither men nor beasts . . . taste anything . . . nor drink water." Reply to Objection 3: Apparently a distinction should be made with regard to pilgrims and worki…
Augustine of Hippo
NPNF1-04. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans and Against the Donatists
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