Jonah 3:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.”

Jonah 3:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jonah 3:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jonah 3:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!””

Jonah 3:4 — World English Bible

Jonah 3:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. ”

Jonah 3:4 — American Standard Version

Jonah 3:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, `Yet forty days--and Nineveh is overturned.'”

Jonah 3:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Jonah 3:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown! ”

Jonah 3:4 — Darby Translation

Jonah 3:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Ionah began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney, and he cryed, and said, Yet fourtie dayes, and Nineueh shalbe ouerthrowen.”

Jonah 3:4 — Geneva Bible

Jonah 3:4 in Context — Jonah 3

2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.

4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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What Does Jonah 3:4 Mean?

Jonah 3:4 is a verse from the Book of Jonah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jonah chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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