Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no musicians were brought before him. Also his sleep went from him.

王回宫，终夜禁食，无人拿乐器到他面前，并且睡不着觉。

王回到宫里，终夜禁食，不让人带乐器到他面前，他也失眠了。

王回到宫里，终夜禁食，不让人带乐器到他面前，他也失眠了。

王回宫后，整夜禁食，拒绝娱乐，无法入睡。

王回到宫里，整夜没有吃东西，也不要任何娱乐解闷，并且睡不着觉。

然后，王回到宫中，整夜禁食，不让人给他带来任何娱乐享受，他也睡不着觉。

王回宮，終夜禁食，無人拿樂器到他面前，並且睡不着覺。

王回到宮裏，終夜禁食，不讓人帶樂器到他面前，他也失眠了。

王回到宮裏，終夜禁食，不讓人帶樂器到他面前，他也失眠了。

王回宮後，整夜禁食，拒絕娛樂，無法入睡。

王回到宮裡，整夜沒有吃東西，也不要任何娛樂解悶，並且睡不著覺。

王回了宮，不喫而過夜；任何娛樂都沒有讓人帶到他面前；連睡眠都跑掉了。

然後，王回到宮中，整夜禁食，不讓人給他帶來任何娛樂享受，他也睡不著覺。

王乃返宮、終夜禁食、徹樂於其前、亦不成寐、

王返宮、竟夕不食不寐、撤音樂。

王返宮、終夜禁食、不許奏樂其前、並廢寢、

Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.

The king returned to his palace. He didn’t eat anything that night. He didn’t ask for anything to be brought to him for his enjoyment. And he couldn’t sleep.

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn’t sleep at all that night.

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No diversions were brought to him, and he could not sleep.

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No diversions were brought to him, and he could not sleep.

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions were brought to him. He was unable to sleep.

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him.

You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and musical instruments of all kinds.

We hung our harps Upon the willows in the midst of it.

The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore.

The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases.They shall not drink wine with a song; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent.And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then he cried out and said,“ Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?

Now Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. And he had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.

They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning.

Who lie on beds of ivory, Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall;Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;Who drink wine from bowls, And anoint yourselves with the best ointments, But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.