Jonah 3:3

Jonah 3:3 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Jonah 3:3

1The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the message that I tell you.” Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command. Now Nineveh was an extremely great city, a three-day walk. 4Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, “In forty days Nineveh will be demolished!” 5Then the people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth — from the greatest of them to the least.

Jonah 3:3 word by word

וַיָּ֣קָם יוֹנָ֗ה וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֶ֖ה כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וְנִֽינְוֵ֗ה הָיְתָ֤ה עִיר־גְּדוֹלָה֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים מַהֲלַ֖ךְ שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Jonahיוֹנָהyônâh · JonahH3124
• aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• and wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• unto Ninevehנִינְוֵהnîynevêh · NinevehH5210
• according to the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was an exceedingאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• days’יוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• journeyמַהֲלָךְmahălâk · journeyH4109

Cross-references for Jonah 3:3

• Genesis 22:3So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about.
• Matthew 21:28“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘My son, go work in the vineyard today.’
• 2 Timothy 4:11Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you, for he is useful to me in the ministry.
• Genesis 30:8Rachel said, “In my wrestlings with God, I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.
• Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your judgments like the deepest sea. Lord, you preserve people and animals.

Commentaries on Jonah 3:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey - See on Jonah 1:2; (note). Strabo says, lib. xvi., , "it was much larger than Babylon:" and Ninus, the builder, not only proposed to make it the largest city of the world, but the largest that could be built by man. See Diodor. Sic. Bib. 50:2. And as we find, from the lowest computation, that it was at least fifty-four or sixty English miles in circumference, it would take the prophet three days…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh - , ready to obey, as before to disobey. Before, when God said those same words, “he arose and fled;” now, “he arose and went.” True conversion shows the same energy in serving God, as the unconverted had before shown in serving self or error. Saul‘s spirit of fire, which persecuted Christ, gleamed in Paul like lightning through the world, to win souls to Him. Nineveh was an exceeding great city - literally “great to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey: God wanted to save this vast city, full of people and resources (Jonah 4:11). Jonah opposed God's desire (see Jonah 4:2, 10–11). The city was about 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) in distance around it. It would not have taken three days to walk around the city itself. This description likely refers to the time Jonah needed to travel through the city and share his message. It may also include nearby…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. arose and went--like the son who was at first disobedient to the father's command, "Go work in my vineyard," but who afterwards "repented and went" (Mt 21:28, 29). Jonah was thus the fittest instrument for proclaiming judgment, and yet hope of mercy on repentance to Nineveh, being himself a living exemplification of both--judgment in his entombment in the fish, mercy on repentance in his deliverance. Israel professing to obey, but not obeying, and so…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jonah 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings