Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days.
New American Standard Bible
So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was
King James Version
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
Holman Bible
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command.
Now Nineveh was an extremely large city,
International Standard Version
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to do what the LORD had ordered.
A Conservative Version
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, of three days' journey.
American Standard Version
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days journey.
Amplified
So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a
Bible in Basic English
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.
Darby Translation
And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jonah will rise and go to Nineveh according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh was a great city to God, the going of three days.
King James 2000
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city of three days' journey around it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was {an extraordinarily great city}--a journey of three days [across].
Modern King James verseion
And Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the Word of Jehovah. And Nineveh was a very great city of three days' journey.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he arose and went to Nineveh at the LORD's commandment. Nineveh was a great city unto God, containing three days journey.
NET Bible
So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the Lord had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city -- it required three days to walk through it!)
New Heart English Bible
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.
The Emphasized Bible
So Jonah arose, and went his way unto Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh, - Nineveh, being a city great before God, of three days' journey.
Webster
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
World English Bible
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.
Themes
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Cities » Often great and goodly
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Proceeds upon his mission of warning
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 3:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The People Of Nineveh Repent At Jonah's Proclamation
2 'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation that I am speaking unto thee;' 3 and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days. 4 And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, 'Yet forty days -- and Nineveh is overturned.'
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 22:3
And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him.
Genesis 30:8
and Rachel saith, 'With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali.
Psalm 36:6
Thy righteousness is as mountains of God, Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.
Psalm 80:10
Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.
Matthew 21:28-29
'And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'
2 Timothy 4:11
Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;