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Jonah 2:10–3:3

10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.

Jonah Goes to Nineveh

Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to lNineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now lNineveh was an exceedingly great city,1 three days’ journey in breadth.2

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Jonah 2:10–3:3 — The New International Version (NIV)

10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”

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.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

10 And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 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.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

10 Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.

Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time: “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.”

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.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

10 So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.” 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.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — New Century Version (NCV)

10 Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and the fish threw up Jonah onto the dry land.

The Lord spoke his word to Jonah again and said, “Get up, go to the great city Nineveh, and preach to it what I tell you to say.”

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.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

10 And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days’ journey.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

10 And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I shall bid thee. And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

10 Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it spit Jonah out onto the shore. 

Then the Lord spoke his word to Jonah a second time. He said, “Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people the message I have given you.” 

Jonah immediately went to Nineveh as the Lord told him. Nineveh was a very large city. It took three days to walk throughit.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

10 Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the message that I tell you.” 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.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

10 Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it spewed Jonah out upon the dry land.

The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 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.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

10 And Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out on the dry land.

And the word of Yahweh came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up! Go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the message that I am telling you.” So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an extraordinarily great city—a journey of three days across.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

10 The Lord gave the fish a command. And it spit Jonah up onto dry land.

A message came to Jonah from the Lord a second time. He said, “Go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce to its people the message I give you.”

Jonah obeyed the Lord. He went to Nineveh. It was a very important city. In fact, it took about three days to see all of it.

Jonah 2:10–3:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

10 Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,

Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.”

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.


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