Jonah 1:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now the Lord had prepared and appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. [Matt. 12:40.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Meanwhile, the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah. Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.

Jonah 1:17 Cross References

Genesis 1:21

So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good.

Jonah 2:10

Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out onto the dry land.

Jonah 4:6

The Lord God appointed a bush and made it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort, so Jonah was very happy about the bush.

Habakkuk 3:2

O Lord, I have heard of your renown, and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work. In our own time revive it; in our own time make it known; in wrath may you remember mercy.

Matthew 12:40

For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 16:4

An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

Luke 11:30

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation.