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New Century Version

Jonah 3:1

The Lord spoke his word to Jonah again and said,

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 (1611)
And the word of ye Lord came vnto Ionah 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,
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 The Lord spoke his word to Jonah again and said, 2 "Get up, go to the great city Nineveh, and preach to it what I tell you to say." 3 So Jonah obeyed the Lord and got up and went to Nineveh. It was a very large city; just to walk across it took a person three days. 4 After Jonah had entered the city and walked for one day, he preached to the people, saying, "After forty days, Nineveh will be destroyed!"

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
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."
Ecclesiastes 4:10
If one falls down, the other can help him up. But it is bad for the person who is alone and falls, because no one is there to help.
Isaiah 27:1
At that time the Lord will punish Leviathan, the gliding snake. He will punish Leviathan, the coiled snake, with his great and hard and powerful sword. He will kill the monster in the sea.
Matthew 4:3
The devil came to Jesus to tempt him, saying, "If you are the Son of God, tell these rocks to become bread."
Matthew 4:6
The devil said, "If you are the Son of God, jump down, because it is written in the Scriptures: ‘He has put his angels in charge of you. They will catch you in their hands so that you will not hit your foot on a rock.'" Psalm 91:11–12
Matthew 4:9
The devil said, "If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things."
Matthew 10:16
"Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves.
2 Corinthians 11:14
This does not surprise us. Even Satan changes himself to look like an angel of light.
1 Peter 3:7
In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives in an understanding way, since they are weaker than you. But show them respect, because God gives them the same blessing he gives you—the grace that gives true life. Do this so that nothing will stop your prayers.

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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