Jonah 3

Verse 1

WEB The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying,

KJV And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

TSK the word: jon 1:1; the second: joh 21:15-17

Verse 2

WEB “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”

KJV Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

TSK Niveveh: jon 3:3, jon 1:2, zep 2:13-15; preach: jer 1:17, jer 15:19-21, eze 2:7, eze 3:17, mt 3:8, joh 5:14

Verse 3

WEB So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.

KJV 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.

TSK arose: ge 22:3, mt 21:28,29, 2ti 4:11; So: ge 30:8, ps 36:6, ps 80:10

Verse 4

WEB Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”

KJV And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

TSK Yet: jon 3:10, de 18:22, 2ki 20:1,6, jer 18:7-10

Verse 5

WEB The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.

KJV So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

TSK believed: ex 9:18-21, mt 12:41, lu 11:32, ac 27:25, heb 11:1,7; and proclaimed: 2ch 20:3, ezr 8:21, jer 36:9, joe 1:14, joe 2:12-17; from: jer 31:34, jer 42:1,8, ac 8:10

Verse 6

WEB The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

KJV For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

TSK word: jer 13:18; and he arose: ps 2:10-12, jas 1:9,10, jas 4:6-10; and covered: es 4:1-4, job 2:8, job 42:6, jer 6:26, la 3:29, da 9:3, mic 1:10, mt 11:21, lu 10:13

Verse 7

WEB He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;

KJV And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

TSK caused: jon 3:5, 2ch 20:3, ezr 8:21, joe 2:15,16; published: joe 1:18, ro 8:20-22

Verse 8

WEB but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.

KJV But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

TSK cry: jon 1:6,14, ps 130:1,2; let: isa 1:16-19, isa 55:6,7, isa 58:6, eze 18:21-24,27,28,30-32, eze 33:11, da 4:27, mt 3:8, ac 3:19, ac 26:20; the violence: isa 59:6

Verse 9

WEB Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”

KJV Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

TSK Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?: jon 1:6, 2sa 12:22, ps 106:45, joe 2:13,14, am 5:15, lu 15:18-20

Verse 10

WEB God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.

KJV And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

TSK God saw: 1ki 21:27-29, job 33:27,28, jer 31:18-20, lu 11:32, lu 15:20; and God repented: jon 4:2, jer 18:8, joe 2:13, am 7:3,6