Jonah 3
- 1And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,
- 2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching that I bid you.
- 3So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a very great city of three days' journey.
- 4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
- 5So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on rough mourning clothes, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
- 6For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with rough mourning clothes, and sat in ashes.
- 7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything: let them not feed, or drink water:
- 8But let man and beast be covered with rough mourning clothes, and cry out to God with all their strength: yes, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
- 9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we do not perish?
- 10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. And God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them. And he did not do it.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Jonah 3 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,
KJVArise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
GIGAKJVArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching that I bid you.
KJVSo Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
GIGAKJVSo Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a very great city of three days' journey.
KJVSo the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
GIGAKJVSo the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on rough mourning clothes, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
KJVFor word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
GIGAKJVFor word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with rough mourning clothes, and sat in ashes.
KJVAnd he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
GIGAKJVAnd he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything: let them not feed, or drink water:
KJVBut let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
GIGAKJVBut let man and beast be covered with rough mourning clothes, and cry out to God with all their strength: yes, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
KJVWho can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
GIGAKJVWho can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we do not perish?
KJVAnd God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
GIGAKJVAnd God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. And God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them. And he did not do it.
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