NET

7 He issued a proclamation and said, “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No human or animal, cattle or sheep, is to taste anything; they must not eat and they must not drink water.

Darby

7 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 anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;

KJV

7 And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published^K6264through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles^K6265, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

KJV Bible Notes

published: Heb. said. nobles: Heb. great men.