Jonah 1:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ But יהוה  appointed a great fish to swallow Yonah. And Yonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

And Elohim created great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters teemed, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.

Jonah 2:10

Then יהוה  spoke to the fish, and it vomited Yonah on the dry land.

Jonah 4:6

And יהוה  Elohim appointed a plant and made it come up over Yonah, to be a shade for his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Yonah greatly rejoiced over the plant.

Habakkuk 3:2

O יהוה, I have heard your report, I was afraid. O יהוה, renew Your work in the midst of the years! Make it known in the midst of the years. In wrath remember compassion.

Matthew 12:40

“For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so shall the Son of Aḏ

Matthew 16:4

“A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Yonah.” And He left them and went away.

Luke 11:30

“For as Yonah became a sign to the Ninewites, so also the Son of Aḏ