Jonah 3:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJonah 3:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיָּ֤חֶל
châlal
H2490
to profane
יוֹנָה֙
Yôwnâh
H3124
Jonah
לָב֣וֹא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
בָעִ֔יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
מַהֲלַ֖ךְ
mahălâk
H4109
walk
י֣וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
אֶחָ֑ד
ʼechâd
H259
one
וַיִּקְרָא֙
qârâʼ
H7121
to call
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
ע֚וֹד
ʻôwd
H5750
still
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים
ʼarbâʻîym
H705
forty
י֔וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
וְנִֽינְוֵ֖ה
Nîynᵉvêh
H5210
Nineveh
נֶהְפָּֽכֶת
hâphak
H2015
to overturn
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World English Bible Public Domain
Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So Jonah began to go into the city a journey of one day, and he called out and said, “Still 40 days, then Nineveh will be overthrown.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).