Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to do what the LORD had ordered.
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,
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.
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.
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 "Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you." 3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to do what the LORD had ordered. 4 Now Nineveh was a very large city, requiring a three-day journey to cross through it. As Jonah started into the city on the first day's journey, he proclaimed the message, "40 days more and Nineveh will be overthrown!"
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 22:3
So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his male servants with him, along with his son Isaac. He cut the wood for the burnt offering and set out to go to the place about which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 30:8
so Rachel said, "I've been through a mighty struggle with my sister and won." She named him Naphtali.
Psalm 36:6
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your justice is like the great depths of the sea. You deliver both people and animals, LORD.
Psalm 80:10
Mountains were covered by its shadows, and the mighty cedars by its branches.
Matthew 21:28-29
"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, "Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'
2 Timothy 4:11
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry.