## after a day's journey ##

"after a day's walk." A day's journey is the distance that people would normally travel in one day. This can be translated "after Jonah walked for one day."

## after a day’s journey he called out ##

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."

## he called out and said ##

"he proclaimed" or "he shouted"

## forty days ##

"40 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

## from the greatest of them down to the least of them ##

"So everyone, including all the important people and all the unimportant people" (UDB)

## They all put on sackcloth ##

The reason that they put on sackcloth can be made explicit: "They also put on coarse cloth, to show that they were sorry for having sinned." (UDB) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])