YNA 1:17 Parallel Verse View

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Original JNA 2:1: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=important Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (JNA 2:1) Καὶ προσέταξε Κύριος κήτει μεγάλῳ καταπιεῖν τὸν Ἰωνᾶν· καὶ ἦν Ἰωνᾶς ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τοῦ κήτους τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας.
(Kai prosetaxe Kurios kaʸtei megalōi katapiein ton Yōnan; kai aʸn Yōnas en taʸ koilia tou kaʸtous treis haʸmeras kai treis nuktas.)

BrTr (JNA 2:1) Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.

ULT ¶ Now Yahweh appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the abdomen of the fish three days and three nights.[fn]

Now Yahweh appointed … and three nights Some versions place this text at the beginning of verse 1 in chapter 2.

UST ¶ Meanwhile, Yahweh caused a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

BSB & MSB 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.

OEB But the Lord arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.

CSB The LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

NLT Now the LORD had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

NIV Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

CEV The LORD sent a big fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

ESV And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

NASB And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

LSB And Yahweh appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

WEBBE & WMBB The LORD prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

MSG Then God assigned a huge fish to swallow Jonah. Jonah was in the fish’s belly three days and nights.

NET
¶ The Lord sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

LSV And YHWH appoints a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.

FBV The Lord sent a huge fish[fn] to swallow Jonah. Jonah spent three days and nights in the belly of the fish.

1:17 Note that a whale is not mentioned.

T4T While they were doing that, Yahweh sent a huge fish that swallowed Jonah. Then Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

LEB ¶ [fn] And Yahweh provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

1:17 Jonah 1:17–2:10 in the English Bible is 2:1–11 in the Hebrew Bible

NRSV But the LORD provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

NKJV Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

NAB But the LORD sent a great fish to swallow Jonah, and he remained in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

BBE 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.

Moff Now the Eternal ordered a great fish to swallow Jonah, and for three days and three nights Jonah lay in the belly of the fish.

JPS (JNA 2:1) (2-2) Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.

ASV And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

DRA Verse alignment unavailable (unsupported).

YLT And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.

Drby And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

RV And the LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

SLT And Jehovah will prepare a great fish to swallow down Jonah: and Jonah will be in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 ¶ 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.[fn]

1.17 belly: Heb. bowels

KJB-1611 ¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow vp Ionah, and Ionah was in the [fn]belly of the fish three dayes, and three nights.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

1:17 Hebr. bowels.

Bshps And the Lorde prepared a great fishe to swalowe vp Ionas: & Ionas was in the belly of the fishe three dayes and three nightes.
(And the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Yonas: and Yonas was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.)

Gnva 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.
(Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Yonah: and Yonah was in the belly of the fish three days, and three nights.)

Cvdl Bvt the LORDE prepared a greate fyshe, to swalow vp Ionas. So was Ionas in the bely of the fysh, thre dayes and thre nightes.
(But the LORD prepared a great fish, to swallow up Yonas. So was Yonas in the belly of the fish, three days and three nights.)

Wycl Verse alignment unavailable (unsupported).

Luth (JNA 2:1) Aber der HErr verschaffte einen großen Fisch, Jona zu verschlingen. Und Jona war im Leibe des Fisches drei Tage und drei Nächte.
(But the/of_the LORD provided a large fish, Jonah to/for devour. And Jonah what/which in_the body the fish’s three days and three nights.)

ClVg Verse alignment unavailable (unsupported).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:1–17: The LORD told Jonah to take a message to the people of Nineveh but Jonah disobeyed

This section tells about the LORD’s command to Jonah to preach a message of judgment and destruction to the people of Nineveh, the capital city of Assyria. Jonah, however, disobeyed the LORD and tried to flee from him; he got on a ship heading for Tarshish, a city in the opposite direction.

Paragraph 1:17

This verse is actually the first verse of chapter 2 in the Hebrew text. Some English translations also follow the Hebrew numbering system (NJB, NJPS). You should follow the numbering system of the national language translation used in your area.

1:17a

Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah,

¶ As for Jonah, Yahweh prepared/sent/directed a huge fish to swallow him alive.

Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah: The form of the Hebrew verb minneh used here and translated appointed by BSB means “to appoint, ordain.” This is an important word in the book of Jonah and shows that the LORD was in control over everything that happened to Jonah. Here is another way to translate this word:

At the Lord’s command… (GNT)

a great fish: The Hebrew word translated as fish refers to creatures/animals that live in the sea. We are not told what kind of creature it was. Some have suggested that it may have been a whale, or a shark, or even a sea monster (Kleinert, p. 25). The important fact is that it was big enough to swallow Jonah alive and that he was inside it for three days and three nights.

1:17b

and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.

And Jonah stayed/was alive inside the fish for three days and three nights.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יְמַ֤ן יְהוָה֙ דָּ֣ג גָּד֔וֹל לִ⁠בְלֹ֖עַ אֶת־יוֹנָ֑ה וַ⁠יְהִ֤י יוֹנָה֙ בִּ⁠מְעֵ֣י הַ⁠דָּ֔ג שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה יָמִ֖ים וּ⁠שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה לֵילֽוֹת

and=he/it_assigned YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_assigned YHWH fish big/great to,swallow DOM Yōnāh/(Jonah) and=he/it_was Yōnāh/(Jonah) in,the_inward_parts_of of,the_fish three days and,three nights )

Some versions number this verse as the first verse of chapter 2. You may want to number the verses according to the main version that your language group uses.

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יְמַ֤ן יְהוָה֙ דָּ֣ג גָּד֔וֹל לִ⁠בְלֹ֖עַ אֶת־יוֹנָ֑ה

The author is using the word translated Now to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event. This new event starts the next part of the story, where Yahweh saves Jonah from the sea, and Jonah prays.

Parallel YNA 1:17

Section 1:1–17: The LORD told Jonah to take a message to the people of Nineveh but Jonah disobeyed

Paragraph 1:17

1:17a

1:17b