Jonah 3:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!””
Read Jonah 3:4 in the flow of Jonah3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Jonah3 to see the surrounding context.
“On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jonah 3:4 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 18:22When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
- 2 Kings 20:1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
- 2 Kings 20:6I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- Jeremiah 18:7At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
- Jeremiah 42:10‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
- Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
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