The Ninevites Repent
Jonah 3:2
In 11 translations
- BSB
- “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
- KJV
- Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
- WEB
- “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
- ASV
- Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
- LSV
- “Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the proclamation that I am speaking to you”;
- YLT
- 'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation that I am speaking unto thee;'
- DBY
- Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I shall bid thee.
- DRC
- Arise, and go to Ninive the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee.
- GNV
- Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, and preach vnto it the preaching, which I bid thee.
- JPS
- 'Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and make unto it the proclamation that I bid thee.'
- LXXE
- Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to thee of.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- ק֛וּם לֵ֥ךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֵ֖ה הָעִ֣יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה וִּקְרָ֤א אֵלֶ֨יהָ֙ אֶת־הַקְּרִיאָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י דֹּבֵ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.
- LXX-Br
- ἀνάστηθι, πορεύθητι εἰς Νινευὴ τὴν πόλιν τὴν μεγάλην; καὶ κήρυξον ἐν αὐτῇ κατὰ τὸ κήρυγμα τὸ ἔμπροσθεν, ὃ ἐγὼ ἐλάλησα πρὸς σέ.
Who and where
📍 Nineveh◆ Prophecies of Jonah
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ezekiel 2:7But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
- Jeremiah 1:17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
- Jonah 1:2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
- Jonah 3:3This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
- Jeremiah 15:19–21Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to…
- Matthew 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
- Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
- John 5:14Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
- 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…
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