Jonah 1:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Jonah 1:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jonah 1:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jonah 1:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Jonah 1:2 — World English Bible

Jonah 1:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Jonah 1:2 — American Standard Version

Jonah 1:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Jonah 1:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Jonah 1:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Jonah 1:2 — Darby Translation

Jonah 1:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

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

Jonah 1:2 — Geneva Bible

Jonah 1:2 in Context — Jonah 1

1 Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

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

3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

4 But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

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What Does Jonah 1:2 Mean?

Jonah 1:2 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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