Jonah 1:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

KJV

Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,Jonah: Gr. Jonas

WEB

Now Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.

ASV

Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

LSV

And there is a word of YHWH to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

YLT

And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying:

DBY

And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

DRC

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying:

GNV

The worde of the Lord came also vnto Ionah the sonne of Amittai, saying,

JPS

NOW THE WORD of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying:

LXXE

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying,

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WLC

וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־יוֹנָ֥ה בֶן־אֲמִתַּ֖י לֵאמֹֽר׃

LXX-Br

ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ἰωνᾶν τὸν τοῦ Ἀμαθὶ, λέγων,

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• Jonah and the great fish Jonah flees God's call to Nineveh; thrown overboard, he is swallowed by a great fish and returned to land. Sent again, he warns the city; it…

Cross-references most cited first

• Luke 11:32The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
• Luke 11:29–30As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign…
• 2 Kings 14:25This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from…
• Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.
• Matthew 12:39–41Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son…

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