Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
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 great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him. 17 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.
Cross References
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 16:4
An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.
Luke 11:30
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.
Genesis 1:21
And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.
Psalm 104:25-26
There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.
Jonah 4:6
And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine.
Habakkuk 3:2
O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.