Jonah 3:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jonah 3:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jonah 3:4 is a verse from the book of Jonah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be ove..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jonah 3:4 — KJV
“And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.”
— Jonah 3:4 (KJV)
Jonah 3:4 in Context — About the Book of Jonah
Jonah is the prophet who ran — away from Nineveh, into a storm, and into the belly of a great fish, where he finally prayed. God's question closes the book: shouldn't I have compassion on a city of 120,000? It exposes our reluctance and God's relentless mercy to outsiders.
Cross-References for Jonah 3:4
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out”
Shares key themes with Jonah 3:4: day, yet, forty
“Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. lift...: or, reckon”
Shares key themes with Jonah 3:4: into, day, yet
“And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.”
Shares key themes with Jonah 3:4: into, day, journey
“And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.”
Shares key themes with Jonah 3:4: into, day, journey
“We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.”
Shares key themes with Jonah 3:4: into, day, journey
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