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
Read Jonah 3:4 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
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.
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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