Jonah 1:2

In 11 translations

BSB

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”

KJV

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

WEB

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

ASV

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

LSV

“Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness has come up before Me.”

YLT

'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.'

DBY

Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

DRC

Arise, and go to Ninive the great city, and preach in it: for the wickedness thereof is come up before me.

GNV

Arise, and goe to Nineueh, that great citie, and crye against it: for their wickednesse is come vp before mee.

JPS

'Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it; for their wickedness is come up before Me.'

LXXE

Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.

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WLC

ק֠וּם לֵ֧ךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֵ֛ה הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְרָ֣א עָלֶ֑יהָ כִּֽי־עָלְתָ֥ה רָעָתָ֖ם לְפָנָֽי׃

LXX-Br

ἀνάστηθι, καὶ πορεύθητι εἰς Νινευὴ τὴν πόλιν τὴν μεγάλην, καὶ κήρυξον ἐν αὐτῇ, ὅτι ἀνέβη ἡ κραυγὴ τῆς κακίας αὐτῆς πρὸς μέ.

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Part of

• 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

• Genesis 18:20–21Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous, I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
• Genesis 10:11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
• Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
• Nahum 1:1This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
• Zephaniah 2:13–15And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech…
• Jonah 4:11So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
• Jonah 3:2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
• Jeremiah 1:7–10But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the…
• Revelation 18:5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
• Ezekiel 3:5–9For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel— not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand.…
• 2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
• Ezra 9:6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
• Micah 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
• Ezekiel 2:7But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
• Matthew 10:18On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
• James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

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