Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city! Then cry out in protest against it, because their evil has come to my attention."
New American Standard Bible
“Arise, go to
King James Version
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Holman Bible
“Get up!
A Conservative Version
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.
American Standard Version
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Amplified
“Go to
Bible in Basic English
Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.
Darby Translation
Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Julia Smith Translation
Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call against it; for their evil came up before me.
King James 2000
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Get up! Go to the great city Nineveh and cry out against her, because their evil has come up {before me}."
Modern King James verseion
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their evil has come up before Me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Rise and get thee to Nineveh that great city and preach unto them, how that their wickedness is come up before me."
NET Bible
"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention."
New Heart English Bible
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it, for their wickedness has come up before me."
The Emphasized Bible
Arise, get thee to Nineveh the great city, and proclaim unto it, - that their wickedness, hath come up, before me.
Webster
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
World English Bible
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me."
Youngs Literal Translation
'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.'
Themes
Christian ministers » Instances of » Jonah
Disobedience to God » Exemplified » Jonah
God's Call » Examples of Leadership » Isaiah
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Sent to a foreign field
Jonah » Sent by God to warn the city of nineveh
Nineveh » Jonah sent to proclaim the destruction of
Nineveh » Described as » Great
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 1:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Disobeys Yahweh
1 Now this message from the LORD came to Amittai's son Jonah: 2 "Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city! Then cry out in protest against it, because their evil has come to my attention." 3 But Jonah got up and fled from the LORD to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, secured passage on a ship bound for Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded, intending to go with the mariners to Tarshish to escape from the LORD.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 10:11
From there he went north to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
2 Kings 19:36
As a result, King Sennacherib of Assyria left and returned to Nineveh where he lived.
Jonah 3:2
"Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."
Nahum 1:1
A pronouncement about Nineveh: The record of the vision of Nahum from Elkosh.
Isaiah 58:1
"Shout aloud! Don't hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their rebellions, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Jonah 4:11
So why shouldn't I be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 human beings who do not know their right hand from their left, as well as a lot of livestock?
Revelation 18:5
For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
Genesis 18:20-21
The LORD also said, "How great is the disapproval of Sodom and Gomorrah! Their sin is so very serious!
Ezra 9:6
and said,
Jeremiah 1:7-10
Then the LORD told me, "Don't say, "I'm only a young man,' for you will go everywhere I send you, and you will speak everything I command you.
Ezekiel 2:7
You are to tell them whatever I have to say to them, whether they listen or not, since they are rebellious."
Ezekiel 3:5-9
because you're not going to a people whose speech you cannot understand or whose language is difficult to speak. Instead, you're going to the house of Israel.
Micah 3:8
"As for me, I am truly filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, filled with judgment and power to announce to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Nahum 2:1-3
You are being attacked by advancing forces! Guard your rampart! Watch your roads! Prepare yourselves! Marshall your defenses!
Zephaniah 2:13-15
"And the LORD will attack the north, destroying Assyria. He will turn Nineveh into a desolate ruin, as dry as a desert wilderness.
Matthew 10:18
You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, to testify to them and to unbelievers.
James 5:4
Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.