2"Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me."


In Context

1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai:

2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me."

3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord .

4 Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.

Jonah 1:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Arise, and go to Ninive the great city, and preach in it: for the wickedness thereof is come up before me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2|Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.