Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And LORD prepared a great sea creature to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the sea creature three days and three nights.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Now the LORD had prepared a large sea creature to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the sea creature for three days and three nights.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Amplified
Now the Lord had prepared (appointed, destined) a great
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will prepare a great fish to swallow down Jonah: and Jonah will be in-the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.
King James 2000
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But the LORD prepared a great fish, to swallow up Jonah. And so was Jonah in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.
NET Bible
The Lord sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
The Emphasized Bible
Now Yahweh had appointed a great fish, to swallow up Jonah, - and Jonah was in the belly of the fish, three days and three nights.
Webster
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
World English Bible
Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.
Themes
Fish » Miracles connected with » Jonah swallowed by
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Overtaken in his flight
Jonah » Disobedience and punishment of
Miracles » Catalogue of » The deliverance » Jonah, in the belly of the great fish
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 1:17
Images Jonah 1:17
Prayers for Jonah 1:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Is Swallowed By A Fish And Prays To Yahweh
16 Then the men feared LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to LORD, and made vows. 17 And LORD prepared a great sea creature to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the sea creature three days and three nights.
Cross References
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was in the belly of the sea-creature three days and three nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. And having left them behind, he departed.
Luke 11:30
For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of man will be to this generation.
Genesis 1:21
And God created the great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Psalm 104:25-26
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.
Jonah 4:6
And LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very glad because of the gourd.
Habakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid. O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath remember mercy.