YNA 3:3 Parallel Verse View

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3:3 Note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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 Καὶ ἀνέστη Ἰωνᾶς, καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Νινευὴ, καθὰ ἐλάλησε Κύριος· ἡ δὲ Νινευὴ ἦν πόλις μεγάλη τῷ Θεῷ, ὡσεὶ πορείας ὁδοῦ τριῶν ἡμερῶν·
(Kai anestaʸ Yōnas, kai eporeuthaʸ eis Nineuaʸ, katha elalaʸse Kurios; haʸ de Nineuaʸ aʸn polis megalaʸ tōi Theōi, hōsei poreias hodou triōn haʸmerōn; )

BrTr And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was [fn]an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey.

ULT So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh.
¶  Now Nineveh was a city great to God, a journey of three days.

UST This time, Jonah got moving and went to Nineveh, just as Yahweh had told him to do.
¶  Now Nineveh was an extremely large city. It was so large that a person had to walk for three days to go completely through it.

BSB § This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD.
§ Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,[fn] requiring a three-day journey.[fn]

3:3 Or was a great city to God

3:3 Literally great city, a three-day journey

OEB So Jonah started for Nineveh, as the Lord commanded. Now Nineveh was so large a city that it took three days’ journey to cross it.

WEBBE So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the Lord had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city – it required three days to walk through it!)

LSV and Jonah rises, and he goes to Nineveh, according to the word of YHWH. And Nineveh has been a great city before God, a journey of three days.

FBV Jonah did what God told him. He set out and went to Nineveh, a city that was so big[fn] it took three days to walk through it.

3:3 Literally, “great to God.”

T4T So this time Jonah obeyed Yahweh, and he went to Nineveh. That city was so big that a person had to walk for three days to completely go through it.

LEB So Jonah got up[fn] and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an extraordinarily great city[fn]—a journey of three days across.[fn]

3:3 Or “set out”

3:3 Literally “a great city to God” or “a great city to the gods,” a disputed phrase which may refer to God’s estimate or ownership of Nineveh, to the presence of many idols, or an idiom referring to the size of Nineveh (this translation takes the last view)

3:3 This phrase may also refer to a journey on which business was done, so that “three days” is the total elapsed time

BBE So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.

Moff No Moff YNA (JNA) book available

JPS 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.

ASV So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days’ journey.

DRA And Jonas arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive was a great city of three days’ journey.

YLT and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days.

Drby And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

RV 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.

Wbstr So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]

3.3 exceeding: Heb. of God

KJB-1611 [fn]So Ionah arose and went vnto Nineueh, according to the word of the LORD: now Nineueh was an exceeding great citie of three dayes iourney.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

3:3 Heb. of God.

Bshps So Ionas arose, and went to Niniue according to the word of the Lord (Niniue was a great citie and excellent, of three dayes iourney.)
(So Yonas arose, and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord (Nineveh was a great city and excellent, of three days journey.))

Gnva So Ionah arose and went to Nineueh according to ye word of the Lord: now Nineueh was a great and excellent citie of three dayes iourney.
(So Yonah arose and went to Nineveh according to ye/you_all word of the Lord: now Nineveh was a great and excellent city of three days journey. )

Cvdl So Ionas arose, and wente to Niniue at the LORDES commaundement. Niniue was a greate cite vnto God, namely, off thre dayes iourney.
(So Yonas arose, and went to Nineveh at the LORDS commandment. Nineveh was a great cite unto God, namely, off three days journey.)

Wycl And Jonas roos, and wente in to Nynyue, bi the word of the Lord. And Nynyue was a greet citee, of the iurnei of thre daies.
(And Yonas rose, and went in to Nineveh, by the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city, of the iurnei of three days.)

Luth Da machte sich Jona auf und ging hin gen Ninive, wie der HErr gesagt hatte. Ninive aber war eine große Stadt Gottes, drei Tagereisen groß.
(So made itself/yourself/themselves Yona on and went there to/toward Ninive, like the/of_the LORD said had. Ninive but what/which one large city God’s, three daysreisen groß.)

ClVg Et surrexit Jonas, et abiit in Niniven juxta verbum Domini: et Ninive erat civitas magna, itinere trium dierum.
(And surrexit Yonas, and he_is_gone in Niniven next_to the_word Domini: and Ninive was city magna, itinere trium dierum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יָּ֣קָם יוֹנָ֗ה וַ⁠יֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֶ֖ה כִּ⁠דְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה

and=he/it_rose_up Yōnāh/(Jonah) and=he/it_went to/towards Nīnəvēh according_to,word YHWH

Here the words got up mean that Jonah “took action” in response to God’s command to go as he did in 1:3, but this time he obeyed instead of disobeying. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have that meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “This time Jonah obeyed Yahweh and went to Nineveh” or “So Jonah left the beach and went to Nineveh, as Yahweh had commanded him”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כִּ⁠דְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה

according_to,word YHWH

Here, the word of Yahweh represents Yahweh himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “as Yahweh had commanded him”

Note 3 topic: writing-background

וְ⁠נִֽינְוֵ֗ה הָיְתָ֤ה עִיר־גְּדוֹלָה֙ לֵֽ⁠אלֹהִ֔ים מַהֲלַ֖ךְ שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים

and,Nineveh she/it_was (a)_city great to,God walk three days

This sentence provides background information about the city of Nineveh to help readers understand what happens next in the story. In your translation, present this information in a way that makes it clear that this is background information, such as introducing it with a word such as Now.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עִיר־גְּדוֹלָה֙ לֵֽ⁠אלֹהִ֔ים

(a)_city great to,God

Here, because of the phrase a journey of three days, the focus of great seems to be the size of the city. The phrase great to God is an idiom that means “extremely large.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “an enormous city”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַהֲלַ֖ךְ שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים

walk three days

This could mean: (1) that a person had to walk for three days to completely go through the city from one side of the city to the opposite side. Alternate translation: “a city so large that it would take a person three days to walk through it” (2) that it took three days to see the whole city. Alternate translation: “a city so large that it would take a person three days to see it all”

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