Parallel Verses

Sawyer New Testament

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of man be to this generation.

New American Standard Bible

For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

King James Version

For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Holman Bible

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

International Standard Version

because just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

A Conservative Version

For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of man will be to this generation.

American Standard Version

For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Amplified

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man also be [a sign] to this generation.

An Understandable Version

For just like Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh [Note: Nineveh was the capital of ancient Assyria], so the Son of man will also be [a sign] to this generation of people.

Anderson New Testament

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of man shall also be to this generation.

Bible in Basic English

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.

Common New Testament

For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

Daniel Mace New Testament

for as the case of Jonas was a miraculous instance to the Ninevites, so shall the son of man be to this generation.

Darby Translation

For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Godbey New Testament

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man also be a sign to this generation.

Goodspeed New Testament

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this age.

John Wesley New Testament

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Julia Smith Translation

For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall be the Son of man to this generation.

King James 2000

For as Jonah was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

Modern King James verseion

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the son of man be to this nation.

Moffatt New Testament

for as Jonah was a Sign to the Ninivites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.

Montgomery New Testament

"for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.

NET Bible

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

New Heart English Bible

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

Noyes New Testament

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of man be to this generation.

The Emphasized Bible

For, according as, Jonah, became, unto the Ninevites, a sign, so, shall be, the Son of Man also, unto this generation.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man also be to this generation.

Twentieth Century New Testament

For, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

Webster

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of man be to this generation.

Weymouth New Testament

For just as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a token to the present generation.

Williams New Testament

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this age.

World English Bible

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

Worrell New Testament

For, as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

Worsley New Testament

for as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Youngs Literal Translation

for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

as
καθώς 
Kathos 
as, even as, according as, when, according to, how, as well as
Usage: 141

Ἰωνᾶς 
Ionas 
Usage: 0

was
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

a sign
σημεῖον 
Semeion 
Usage: 56

Νινευΐ́της 
Nineuites 
Usage: 0

so
οὕτω 
Houto 
Usage: 146

ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

the Son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

of man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

be
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

to
γενεά 
Genea 
Usage: 17

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

The Sign Of Jonah

29 And multitudes being assembled, he said, This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, and no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah. 30  For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of man be to this generation. 31 The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

Cross References

Matthew 12:40-42

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Luke 24:46-47

and said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day,

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