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World English Bible

Jonah 3 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,
[2] “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
[3] So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
[4] Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
[5] The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
[6] The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
[7] He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
[8] but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.
[9] Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”
[10] God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jonah 3 (KJVS)

[1] And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
[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.
[7] And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
[8] but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
[9] Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
[10] And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Jonah 3:3 Heb. of God
Jonah 3:7a Heb. said
Jonah 3:7b Heb. great men

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jonah 3 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Ιωναν () ἐκ () δευτέρου () λέγων ()
[2] Ἀνάστηθι () καὶ () πορεύθητι () εἰς () Νινευη () τὴν () πόλιν () τὴν () μεγάλην () καὶ () κήρυξον () ἐν () αὐτῇ () κατὰ () τὸ () κήρυγμα () τὸ () ἔμπροσθεν, () ὃ () ἐγὼ () ἐλάλησα () πρὸς () σέ. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Ιωνας () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () εἰς () Νινευη, () καθὼς () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος· () ἡ () δὲ () Νινευη () ἦν () πόλις () μεγάλη () τῷ () θεῷ () ὡσεὶ () πορείας () ὁδοῦ () ἡμερῶν () τριῶν. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἤρξατο () Ιωνας () τοῦ () εἰσελθεῖν () εἰς () τὴν () πόλιν () ὡσεὶ () πορείαν () ἡμέρας () μιᾶς () καὶ () ἐκήρυξεν () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἔτι () τρεῖς () ἡμέραι () καὶ () Νινευη () καταστραφήσεται. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐνεπίστευσαν οἱ () ἄνδρες () Νινευη () τῷ () θεῷ () καὶ () ἐκήρυξαν () νηστείαν () καὶ () ἐνεδύσαντο () σάκκους () ἀπὸ () μεγάλου () αὐτῶν () ἕως () μικροῦ () αὐτῶν. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἤγγισεν () ὁ () λόγος () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () τῆς () Νινευη, () καὶ () ἐξανέστη () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () θρόνου () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () περιείλατο () τὴν () στολὴν () αὐτοῦ () ἀφ’ () ἑαυτοῦ () καὶ () περιεβάλετο () σάκκον () καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () ἐπὶ () σποδοῦ. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐκηρύχθη () καὶ () ἐρρέθη () ἐν () τῇ () Νινευη () παρὰ () τοῦ () βασιλέως () καὶ () παρὰ () τῶν () μεγιστάνων () αὐτοῦ () λέγων () Οἱ () ἄνθρωποι () καὶ () τὰ () κτήνη () καὶ () οἱ () βόες () καὶ () τὰ () πρόβατα () μὴ () γευσάσθωσαν () μηδὲν () μηδὲ () νεμέσθωσαν μηδὲ () ὕδωρ () πιέτωσαν. ()
[8] Καὶ () περιεβάλοντο () σάκκους () οἱ () ἄνθρωποι () καὶ () τὰ () κτήνη, () καὶ () ἀνεβόησαν () πρὸς () τὸν () θεὸν () ἐκτενῶς· () καὶ () ἀπέστρεψαν () ἕκαστος () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ὁδοῦ () αὐτοῦ () τῆς () πονηρᾶς () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἀδικίας () τῆς () ἐν () χερσὶν () αὐτῶν () λέγοντες ()
[9] Τίς () οἶδεν () εἰ () μετανοήσει () ὁ () θεὸς () καὶ () ἀποστρέψει () ἐξ () ὀργῆς () θυμοῦ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀπολώμεθα; ()
[10] Καὶ () εἶδεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὰ () ἔργα () αὐτῶν, () ὅτι () ἀπέστρεψαν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ὁδῶν () αὐτῶν () τῶν () πονηρῶν, () καὶ () μετενόησεν () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐπὶ () τῇ () κακίᾳ, () ᾗ () ἐλάλησεν () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () αὐτοῖς, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐποίησεν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.