Jonah 3:2

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

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Jonah 3:2

Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, and preach vnto it the preaching that I bid thee.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
- Basic English Bible

"Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you."
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I shall bid thee.
- Darby Bible

Arise, and go to Ninive the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
- English Revised Version

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Jonah 3:2

Wesley's Notes for Jonah 3:2


3:3 Exceeding great - The greatest city of the known world at that day, it was then in its flourishing state greater than Babylon, whose compass was three hundred eighty - five furlongs, but Nineveh was in compass, four hundred and eighty. It is said, her walls were an hundred foot in height, her walls broad enough for three coaches to meet, and safely pass by each other; that it had fifteen hundred towers on its walls, each two hundred foot high, and one million, four hundred thousand men employed for eight years to build it. Of three days journey - To walk round the walls, allowing twenty miles to each day's journey.

3:4 Shall be overthrown - The threat is express. But there was a reserve with God, on condition of repentance.


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