Jonah 3:2-5
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 3
2Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.' 3So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk. 4Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, 'Forty more days, and Nineveh will be overthrown.'King James Version
Chapter 3
2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. 4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.Christian Standard Bible
3Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command. Now Nineveh was an extremely great city, a three-day walk.
4Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, "In forty days Nineveh will be demolished!"
5Then the people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least.
New Living Translation
3This time Jonah obeyed the Lord’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all.
4On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: 'Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!'
5The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow.
English Standard Version
Chapter 3
2"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you." 3So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days ' journey in breadth. 4Jonah began to go into the city, going a day 's journey. And he called out, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" 5And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.New International Version
3Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.
4Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown."
5The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
New King James Version
