YNA 3:3 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=important (All still tentative.)

3:3 OSHB 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 No LEB YNA (JNA) book available

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.

SLT And Jonah will rise and go to Nineveh according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh was a great city to God, the going of three days.

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 No KJB-1611 YNA (JNA) book available

Bshps No Bshps YNA (JNA) book available

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. )

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ClVg Et surrexit Jonas, et abiit in Niniven juxta verbum Domini: et Ninive erat civitas magna, itinere trium dierum.
(And got_up Yonas, and he_went/is_gone in/into/on Niniven next_to the_word/saying Master: and Ninive was city big, travel trium days. )

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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_of 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](../01/03.md), 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_of 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_of three_of 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_of three_of 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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