Jonah 1:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”
Jonah 1:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jonah 1:17 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Jonah 1:17 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Jonah 1:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”
Jonah 1:17 — World English Bible
Jonah 1:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”
Jonah 1:17 — American Standard Version
Jonah 1:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.”
Jonah 1:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Jonah 1:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”
Jonah 1:17 — Darby Translation
Jonah 1:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Nowe the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallowe vp Ionah: and Ionah was in the belly of the fish three dayes, and three nightes. ”
Jonah 1:17 — Geneva Bible
Jonah 1:17 in Context — Jonah 1
15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
16 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.
17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
What Does Jonah 1:17 Mean?
Jonah 1:17 is a verse from the Book of Jonah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jonah chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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