Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. New Living Translation Now the LORD had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights. English Standard Version And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Berean Standard Bible Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish. King James Bible Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. New King James Version Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. New American Standard Bible And the LORD designated a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish for three days and three nights. NASB 1995 And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights. NASB 1977 And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights. Legacy Standard Bible And Yahweh appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights. Amplified Bible Now the LORD had prepared (appointed, destined) a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights. Christian Standard Bible The LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now the LORD had appointed a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the fish three days and three nights. American Standard Version And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Contemporary English Version The LORD sent a big fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights. English Revised Version And the LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD sent a big fish to swallow Jonah. Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights. Good News Translation At the LORD's command a large fish swallowed Jonah, and he was inside the fish for three days and three nights. International Standard Version Now the LORD had prepared a large sea creature to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the sea creature for three days and three nights. Majority Standard Bible Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish. NET Bible The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights. New Heart English Bible The LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Webster's Bible Translation Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. World English Bible Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd YHWH appoints a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights. Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights. Smith's Literal Translation And Jehovah will prepare a great fish to swallow down Jonah: and Jonah will be in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNow the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible But the LORD sent a great fish to swallow Jonah, and he remained in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. New Revised Standard Version But the LORD provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNow the LORD had prepared a great fish, and it swallowed up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And LORD JEHOVAH prepared a great fish and it swallowed Yonan, and Yonan was in the intestines of the fish for three days and three nights OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Brenton Septuagint Translation Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jonah Cast Into the Sea and Swallowed…16Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him. 17Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish. Cross References Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Luke 11:30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation. Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away. Mark 8:12 Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.” John 2:19-21 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” / “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” / But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body. Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life. 1 Corinthians 15:4 that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, Acts 2:24 But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip. Acts 13:30 But God raised Him from the dead, 1 Peter 3:18-20 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit, / in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison / who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. Psalm 139:9-10 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, / even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast. Psalm 18:4-6 The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. / The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. / In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears. Psalm 42:7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me. Psalm 88:6-7 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. / Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah Psalm 107:23-30 Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters. / They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep. / For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea. ... Treasury of Scripture Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. the Lord. Jonah 4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. Genesis 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Psalm 104:25,26 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts… in. Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. Luke 11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. belly. Jump to Previous Appointed Appointeth Belly Bowels Fish Great Inside Jonah Mouth Nights Prepared Provided Ready Stomach Swallow ThreeJump to Next Appointed Appointeth Belly Bowels Fish Great Inside Jonah Mouth Nights Prepared Provided Ready Stomach Swallow ThreeJonah 1 1. Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish.4. He is betrayed by a great storm; 11. thrown into the sea; 17. and swallowed by a fish. Now the LORD The phrase begins with "Now," indicating a continuation of the narrative, emphasizing God's active role in the unfolding events. The Hebrew word for "LORD" here is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, highlighting His sovereignty and faithfulness. This divine name reminds us of God's unchanging nature and His commitment to His purposes, even when His servants are disobedient. had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish Had prepared.--The pluperfect is misleading. Render appointed, and comp. Jonah 4:6-8, where the same word is used of the gourd, the worm, and the east wind. The Authorised version renders the word accurately in Job 7:3; Daniel 1:5-10. Previous special preparation is not implied, still less creation for the particular purpose. God employs existing agents to do His bidding. A great fish.--The Hebrew dag is derived from the prolific character of fish, and a great fish might stand for any one of the sea monsters. The notion that it was a whale rests on the LXX. and Matthew 12:40. But ????? was a term for any large fish, such as dolphins, sharks, &c. (See Hom. Od. xii. 97.) And unless we have previously determined the question, whether the Book of Jonah is intended by the sacred writer to be a literal history, or an apologue founded on a history or a parable pure and simple, tota h?c de pisce Jon? disquisitio, as an old commentator observes, vana videtur atque inutilis. The explanations given by commentators divide themselves into those of a strictly praeternatural kind, as that a fish was created for the occasion; or into the natural or semi-natural, as that it was a ship, or an inn bearing the sign of the whale; or that it was a white shark. (For the last hypothesis see all that can be collected in Dr. Pusey's commentary on Jonah.) In early Christian paintings the monster appears as a huge dragon. Three days and three nights.--See Matthew 12:40, New Testament Commentary. . . . Verse 17. - § 4. Cast into the sea, Jonah is swallowed alive by a great fish, is whose belly he remains unharmed three days and three nights. Had prepared; Septuagint, προσέταξε, "appointed;" so in Jonah 4:6, 7, 8 (comp. Job 7:3; Daniel 1:10, 11). The fish was not created then and there, but God so ordered it that it should be at the place and should swallow Jonah. The prophet seems, from some expressions in his psalm (Jonah 2:5), to have sunk to the bottom of the sea before he was swallowed by the fish. A great fish; Septuagint, κῆτος (Matthew 12:40). There is nothing in the word to identify the intended animal, and to call it "a whale" is simply a mistranslation. The white shark of the Mediterranean (Carcharias, vulgaris), which sometimes measures twenty-five feet in length, has been known to swallow a man whole, and even a horse. This may have been the "great fish" in the text (see Dr. Pusey on Jonah, pp. 257, etc.). Was in the belly of the fish. God used the natural agency of the fish, but the preservation of Jonah's life in the animal's belly is plainly supernatural. It is, indeed, analogous to the life of the child in its mother's womb; but it has besides a miraculous element which is unique, unless it was an actual death and revivification, as in the case of Lazarus. Also God ordained this transaction as a type of the resurrection of Christ. Three days and three nights; i.e., according to Hebrew usage, parts of the days and nights; i.e. one whole day, and parts of the day before and after this. Jonah was released on the third day (comp. Matthew 12:40 with 1 Corinthians 15:4; and Esther 4:16 with Esther 5:1). The historical nature of this occurrence is substantiated by Christ's reference to it as a figure of his own burial and resurrection. The antitype confirms the truth of the type. It is not credible that Christ would use a mere legendary tale, with no historical basis, to confirm his most solemn statement concerning the momentous fact of his resurrection.
Hebrew Now the LORDיְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had appointed וַיְמַ֤ן (way·man) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4487: To weigh out, to allot, constitute officially, to enumerate, enroll a great גָּד֔וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent fish דָּ֣ג (dāḡ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1709: A fish to swallow לִבְלֹ֖עַ (liḇ·lō·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf Jonah, יוֹנָ֑ה (yō·w·nāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3124: Jonah -- an Israelite prophet and Jonah יוֹנָה֙ (yō·w·nāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3124: Jonah -- an Israelite prophet spent וַיְהִ֤י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be three שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה (šə·lō·šāh) Number - masculine singular Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice days יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day and three וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה (ū·šə·lō·šāh) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice nights לֵילֽוֹת׃ (lê·lō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity in the stomach בִּמְעֵ֣י (bim·‘ê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4578: The intestines, the abdomen, sympathy, a vest, the stomach, the uterus, the heart of the fish. הַדָּ֔ג (had·dāḡ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1709: A fish Links Jonah 1:17 NIVJonah 1:17 NLT Jonah 1:17 ESV Jonah 1:17 NASB Jonah 1:17 KJV Jonah 1:17 BibleApps.com Jonah 1:17 Biblia Paralela Jonah 1:17 Chinese Bible Jonah 1:17 French Bible Jonah 1:17 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jonah 1:17 Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow (Jon. Jh) |
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