Jonah 3:4
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.
KJV
Et cœpit Jonas introire in civitatem itinere diei unius : et clamavit, et dixit : Adhuc quadraginta dies, et Ninive subvertetur.
Vulgate
καὶ ἤρξατο Ἰωνᾶς τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν πόλιν ὡσεὶ πορείαν ἡμέρας μιᾶς, καὶ ἐκήρυξεν καὶ εἶπεν Ἔτι τρεῖς ἡμέραι καὶ Νινευὴ καταστραφήσεται.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יָּ֤חֶל יוֹנָה֙ לָ/ב֣וֹא בָ/עִ֔יר מַהֲלַ֖ךְ י֣וֹם אֶחָ֑ד וַ/יִּקְרָא֙ וַ/יֹּאמַ֔ר ע֚וֹד אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְ/נִֽינְוֵ֖ה נֶהְפָּֽכֶת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הָפַ֣ךְ
hpk
verb · 94×
וֹ
v
verb · 143×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוֹנָה֙
yvnh
proper_noun · 18×
מַהֲלַ֖ךְ
mhlk
noun · 4×
נִֽינְוֵ֖ה
nynvh
proper_noun · 17×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 2Kgs 20:1 — In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
- 2Kgs 20:1 — In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
- 2Kgs 20:6 — And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake
- Deut 18:22 — When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt
- Esth 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto
- Gen 20:3 — But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
- Isa 38:1 — In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
- Jer 18:7 — At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
- Jonah 3:10 — 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.