Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows. 17 And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Cross References
Matthew 12:40
for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.
Luke 11:30
For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Genesis 1:21
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
Psalm 104:25-26
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
Jonah 4:6
And Jehovah 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 evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.
Habakkuk 3:2
O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.