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.

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.

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 he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him. (niv)

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. (niv)

You kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak. (niv)

David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them. (niv)

I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and a harem as well— the delights of a man’s heart. (niv)

There on the poplars we hung our harps, (niv)

The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again. No worker of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again. (niv)

The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers. (niv)

Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming,“ Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:“ By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.” (niv)

Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, also went down to meet the king. He had not taken care of his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely. (niv)

They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe. (niv)

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly. (niv)

You lie on beds adorned with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves.You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph. (niv)