Jonah 1:17 “Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah sp…”

Jonah 1:17

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

The LORD prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Nowe the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallowe vp Ionah: and Ionah was in the belly of the fish three dayes, and three nightes.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly 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.

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

Habakkuk 3:2 Jonah 4:6 Genesis 1:21 Psalm 104:25 Psalm 104:26

Habakkuk 3:2 · BSB

O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!

Jonah 4:6 · BSB

So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

Genesis 1:21 · BSB

So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Psalm 104:25 · BSB

Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

Psalm 104:26 · BSB

There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

“in”

Matthew 12:40 Luke 11:30 Matthew 16:4

Matthew 12:40 · BSB

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 · BSB

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

Matthew 16:4 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.

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