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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Jonah 3:1

And the word of ye Lord came vnto Ionah the second time, saying;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assyria;   Minister, Christian;   Missions;   Prophecy;   Prophets;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Nineveh;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Evangelism;   Jonah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jonah, the Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jonah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to Yonah the second time, saying,
King James Version
And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to Jonah again and said,
Amplified Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ionah the seconde time, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
Contemporary English Version
Once again the Lord told Jonah
Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to Yonah a second time:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord spoke to Jonah again and said,
George Lamsa Translation
AND the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,
Good News Translation
Once again the Lord spoke to Jonah.
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to Jonah a second time, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to Jonah the second time, saying,
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ionas the second time, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad the secounde tyme to Jonas, and seide, Rise thou,
Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,
New English Translation
The Lord said to Jonah a second time,
New King James Version
Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,
New Living Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time:
New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jonah, the second time, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah a second time, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto Ionas agayne, sayenge:
THE MESSAGE
Next, God spoke to Jonah a second time: "Up on your feet and on your way to the big city of Nineveh! Preach to them. They're in a bad way and I can't ignore it any longer."

Contextual Overview

1 And the word of ye Lord came vnto Ionah the second time, saying; 2 Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, and preach vnto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3 So Ionah arose and went vnto Nineueh, according to the word of the Lord: now Nineueh was an exceeding great citie of three dayes iourney. 4 And Ionah began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney, and hee cryed, and said; Yet fourtie dayes, and Niniueh shalbe ouerthrowen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the word: Jonah 1:1

the second: John 21:15-17

Reciprocal: Genesis 10:11 - Nineveh 1 Samuel 7:6 - fasted Haggai 1:8 - and build Acts 9:15 - Go

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said vnto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The Serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seed and her seed: it shal bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.
Ecclesiastes 4:10
For if they fall, the one will lift vp his fellow; but woe to him that is alone, when he falleth: for he hath not another to helpe him vp.
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sworde shall punish Leuiathan the piercing serpent, euen Leuiathan that crooked serpent, and hee shall slay the dragon that is in the Sea.
Matthew 4:3
And when the tempter came to him, hee said, If thou be the sonne of God, command that these stones bee made bread.
Matthew 4:6
And saith vnto him, If thou bee the Sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe: For it is written, He shall giue his Angels charge concerning thee, & in their handes they shall beare thee vp, lest at any time thou dash thy foote against a stone.
Matthew 4:9
And saith vnto him, All these things will I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe and worship me.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you foorth as sheepe in the middest of wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and harmelesse as doues.
2 Corinthians 11:14
And no marueile, for Sathan himselfe is transformed into an Angel of light.
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise ye husbands, dwel with them according to knowledge, giuing honour vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessel, and as being heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time,.... Jonah having been scourged by the Lord for his stubbornness and disobedience, and being humbled under the mighty hand of God, is tried a second time, whether he would go on the Lord's errand, and do his business; and his commission is renewed, as it was necessary it should; for it would have been unsafe and dangerous for him to have proceeded upon the former without a fresh warrant; as the Israelites, when they refused entering into the land of Canaan to possess it, upon the report of the spies, and afterwards reflecting upon their sin, would go up without the word of the Lord, and contrary to the advice of Moses, many of them perished in the attempt, being cut off by the Amalekites,

Numbers 14:1; and this renewal of Jonah's commission shows that he was still continued in his office as a prophet, notwithstanding his failings; as the apostles were in theirs, though they all forsook Christ, and Peter denied him, Matthew 26:56; and that the Lord had heard his prayer, and graciously received him, and took away his iniquity from him, employing him again in his service, being more fitted for it:

saying; as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came a second time to Jonah - o “Jonah, delivered from the whale, doubtless went up to Jerusalem to pay his vows and thank God there. Perhaps he hoped that God would be content with this his punishment and repentance, and that He would not again send him to Nineveh.” Anyway, he was in some settled home, perhaps again at Gath-hepher. For God bids him, “Arise, go” . “But one who is on his way, is not bidden to arise and go.” God may have allowed an interval to elapse, in order that the tidings of so great a miracle might spread far and wide. But Jonah does not supply any of these incidents . He does not speak of himself , but only of his mission, as God taught him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER III

Jonah is sent again to Nineveh, a city of three days' journey,

(being sixty miles in circumference, according to Diodorus

Siculus,) 1-4.

The inhabitants, in consequence of the prophet's preaching,

repent in dust and ashes, 5-9.

God, seeing that they were deeply humbled on account of their

sins, and that they turned away from all their iniquities,

repents of the evil with which he had threatened them, 10.

NOTES ON CHAP. III

Verse Jonah 3:1. And the word of the Lord — The same oracle as that before given; and which, from what he had felt and seen of the justice and mercy of the Lord, he was now prepared to obey.


 
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