New International Version Jonah 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. New Living Translation This time Jonah obeyed the LORD’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all. English Standard Version So 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. Berean Standard Bible This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey. Berean Literal Bible And Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of YHWH. And Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a journey of three days. King James Bible So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. New King James Version So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent. New American Standard Bible So 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. NASB 1995 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk. NASB 1977 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk. Legacy Standard Bible So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk. Amplified Bible So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk [about sixty miles in circumference]. Berean Annotated Bible This time Jonah (dove) got up and went to Nineveh (abode of Ninus), in accordance with the word of the LORD {YHWH}. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city (was a great city to God), requiring a three-day journey \great city, a three-day journey/. Christian Standard Bible Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the LORD’s command. Now Nineveh was an extremely great city, a three-day walk. Holman Christian Standard Bible So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the LORD’s command. Now Nineveh was an extremely large city, a three-day walk. American Standard Version So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey. Contemporary English Version Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it. English Revised Version So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey. GOD'S WORD® Translation Jonah immediately went to Nineveh as the LORD told him. Nineveh was a very large city. It took three days to walk through it. Good News Translation So Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to walk through it. International Standard Version So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to do what the LORD had ordered. Now Nineveh was a very large city, requiring a three-day journey to cross through it. NET Bible So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the LORD had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city--it required three days to walk through it!) New Heart English Bible So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across. Webster's Bible Translation So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleThis time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey. World English Bible So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand Jonah rises, and he goes to Nineveh, according to the word of YHWH. And Nineveh has been a great city before God, a journey of three days. Berean Literal Bible And Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of YHWH. And Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a journey of three days. Young's Literal Translation and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days. Smith's Literal Translation And Jonah will rise and go to Nineveh according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh was a great city to God, the going of three days. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd Jonas arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive was a great city of three days' journey. Catholic Public Domain Version And Jonah rose, and he went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city of three days’ journey. New American Bible So Jonah set out for Nineveh, in accord with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an awesomely great city; it took three days to walk through it. New Revised Standard Version So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city in the presence of God, of three days journey. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Yonan stood and he went on to Nineva, according to the word of LORD JEHOVAH, and Nineva the city was great to God, a three days’ journey OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Jonah Preaches to the Ninevites…2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.” 3This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey. 4On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”… Cross References This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, Jonah 1:2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.” Jonah 2:10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. in accordance with the word of the LORD. 1 Kings 17:5 So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan. Exodus 7:6 So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them. Genesis 6:22 So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, Jonah 4:11 So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?” Genesis 10:11-12 From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, / and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah. Nahum 3:8 Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water? requiring a three-day journey. Exodus 3:18 The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’ Exodus 5:3 “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.” Numbers 10:33 So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them. Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here. Luke 11:32 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here. Jonah 1:2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.” Nahum 1:1 This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite: Treasury of Scripture So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. arose. Genesis 22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Matthew 21:28,29 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard… 2 Timothy 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. an exceeding great city. Genesis 30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. Psalm 36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. Jump to Previous Breadth City End Exceeding Exceedingly Great Important Jonah Journey Nineveh Nin'eveh Obeyed Riseth Three Visit Walk WordJump to Next Breadth City End Exceeding Exceedingly Great Important Jonah Journey Nineveh Nin'eveh Obeyed Riseth Three Visit Walk WordJonah 3 1. Jonah, sent again, preaches to the Ninevites.5. Upon their repentance, 10. God relents. This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, Jonah responded to the Lord’s renewed command, reversing his earlier flight toward Tarshish. God’s discipline had brought His prophet back to the task he had been given. Nineveh was the leading city of Assyria, a powerful Gentile empire and a future threat to Israel. Jonah’s mission showed that the Lord’s concern and authority extended beyond Israel to the nations. Jon 1:2 Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh.… in accordance with the word of the LORD. Jonah went under God’s direct command and carried God’s message rather than his own. His obedience marked a decisive change from his earlier rebellion. 1Ki 17:5 So Elijah did what the LORD had told him,… Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, Nineveh was a prominent and influential city, known for its size, population, and importance within the Assyrian Empire. Its coming repentance would demonstrate God’s mercy toward a people outside the covenant nation of Israel. Jon 4:11 So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh,… requiring a three-day journey. The city and its surrounding district were extensive enough that Jonah’s proclamation required three days to cover it thoroughly. The scale of the assignment emphasized the reach of God’s warning to Nineveh’s inhabitants. Exo 3:18 The elders of Israel will listen to what you say,… Persons / Places / Events 1. JonahA prophet of God who initially fled from God's command to go to Nineveh but later obeyed after being swallowed and released by a great fish. 2. Nineveh The capital city of Assyria, known for its size and wickedness. It was a significant city in the ancient world, requiring a three-day journey to cross. 3. The LORD The covenant name of God, Yahweh, who commands Jonah to go to Nineveh and deliver His message. 4. The Journey Jonah's obedience to God's command marks a pivotal moment in his prophetic mission, highlighting the importance of following God's directives. Teaching Points Obedience to God's CallJonah's eventual obedience serves as a reminder of the importance of following God's commands, even when they are challenging or counter to our desires. God's Sovereignty and Mercy The account of Jonah highlights God's sovereignty in directing His prophets and His mercy in giving Nineveh a chance to repent. The Impact of Obedience Jonah's journey to Nineveh demonstrates how one person's obedience can lead to significant change and impact, emphasizing the importance of our actions in God's plan. The Significance of Nineveh Understanding Nineveh's historical and cultural context helps us appreciate the magnitude of Jonah's mission and the power of God's message. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Jonah 3:3?2. How does Jonah 3:3 demonstrate obedience to God's command in our lives? 3. What can we learn from Nineveh's size about God's concern for all people? 4. How does Jonah's journey to Nineveh parallel Jesus' mission to the world? 5. In what ways can we respond promptly to God's call like Jonah did? 6. How does Jonah 3:3 encourage us to trust God's plan despite challenges? 7. How did Jonah's journey to Nineveh reflect God's mercy and forgiveness? 8. Why was Nineveh significant in the context of Jonah 3:3? 9. What does Jonah 3:3 reveal about obedience to God's commands? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Jonah 3? (3) Now Nineveh was . . .--The past tense here certainly seems to imply that at the time in which the author wrote the city was no longer in existence, but the force of a Hebrew tense is not to be estimated by the analogy of modern languages. An exceeding great city.--Literally, A city great to God; an expression equivalent to a divinely great city, and taken, as Ewald thinks, from the language of the people, like the Arabic "to Allah," in the saying "to Allah (i.e., divine) is he that composed this." In the Hebrew poetic and prophetic writings a finer form is found, e.g., "mountains of God," "cedars of God" (Psalm 36:6; Psalm 80:10), "trees of Jehovah" (Psalm 104:16), but in Genesis 10:9 a precisely similar proverbial use shows itself, also belonging to the Mesopotamian region, "Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord." Of three days' journey.--Hitzig takes this as giving the diameter of the city, but most commentators refer it to the circumference. The circuit of the walls was the most obvious measurement to give of an ancient city. Herodotus variously reckons a day's journey at about eighteen or twenty-three miles (v. 53, iv. 101), and the circuit of the irregular quadrangle composed of the mounds of Koujunjik, Nimrud, Karamless, and Khorsabad, now generally allowed to represent ancient Nineveh, is about sixty miles. This agrees sufficiently with the obviously vague and general statement of the text. Verse 3. - Arose, and went. He was now as prompt to obey as formerly to flee. Was; i.e. when Jonah visited it. Nothing can be argued from the past tense here as to the date of the composition of the book. It is a mere historical detail, and cannot be forced into a proof that Jonah wrote after the destruction of Nineveh. An exceeding great city; literally, a city great to God; πόλις μεγάλη τῷ Θεῷ (Septuagint); great before God - in his estimation, as though even God must acknowledge it. So Nimrod is called (Genesis 10:9) "a mighty hunter before the Lord;" and Moses, in Acts 7:20, is said to have been" beautiful to God." The expression may also mean that God (Elohim, God as Governor of the world) regarded this city with interest, as intended in the Divine counsels to perform an important part. For he is not the God of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles (Romans 3:29). Of three days' journey; i.e. in circumference - about sixty miles (see note on Jonah 1:2). Or the writer may mean that it took Jonah three days to visit the various quarters of this huge place. The area of the vast quadrangle containing the remains of the four cities comprised under the name Nineveh is estimated by Professor Rawlinson at two hundred and sixteen square miles. We ought, however, to omit Khorsabad from this computation, as it was not founded till Sargon's time, B.C. 710. Jonah 3:3 showcases God’s mercy giving second chances, the necessity of immediate obedience, and the divine concern for vast, needy cities. Jonah’s renewed resolve, guided by the Lord’s Word, demonstrates that no prior failure or intimidating assignment outweighs God’s calling.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew This time Jonahיוֹנָ֗ה (yō·w·nāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3124: Jonah -- an Israelite prophet got up וַיָּ֣קָם (way·yā·qām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand and went וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Nineveh נִֽינְוֶ֖ה (nî·nə·weh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5210: Nineveh -- capital of Assyr in accordance with the word כִּדְבַ֣ר (kiḏ·ḇar) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the LORD. יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Now Nineveh וְנִֽינְוֵ֗ה (wə·nî·nə·wêh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5210: Nineveh -- capital of Assyr was הָיְתָ֤ה (hā·yə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be an exceedingly לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים (lê·lō·hîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative great גְּדוֹלָה֙ (gə·ḏō·w·lāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent city, עִיר־ (‘îr-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5892: Excitement a three-day שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice journey [to cross]. מַהֲלַ֖ךְ (ma·hă·laḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4109: A walk, a passage, a distance Additonal Resources Jonah 3:3 Blue Letter BibleJonah 3:3 Bible Gateway Jonah 3:3 Bible.com Jonah 3:3 NIV |
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