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# after a day's journey he called out
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Possible meanings are 1) "after Jonah walked a day's journey he called out" or 2) "while Jonah walked on the first day, he called out."
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# after a day's journey
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"after a day's walk." A day's journey is the distance that people would normally travel in one day. AT: "after Jonah walked for one day"
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# he called out and said
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"he proclaimed" or "he shouted"
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# forty days
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"40 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# They all put on sackcloth
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Why people put on sackcloth can be stated more clearly. AT: "They also put on coarse cloth to show that they were sorry for having sinned" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# from the greatest of them down to the least of them
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"from the most significant to the least significant people" or "including all the important people and all the unimportant people"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/proclaim]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fast]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sackcloth]] |