Jonah 1:1 (ESV)

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Jonah 1:2 - “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil[fn] has come up before me.”

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Translations for Jonah 1:2

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

“Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

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

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil[fn] has come up before me.”

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.”

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

“Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me.”

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

“Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

“Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before Me.”

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

“Go to [fn]Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim [judgment] against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention."

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

"Arise, go to Nin'eveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me."

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

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

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

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

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

surge vade in Nineven civitatem grandem et praedica in ea quia ascendit malitia eius coram me

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

«هَيَّا امْضِ إِلَى نِينَوَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ وَبَلِّغْ أَهْلَهَا قَضَائِي، لأَنَّ إِثْمَهُمْ قَدْ صَعِدَ إِلَيَّ».

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

ק֠וּם לֵ֧ךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֵ֛ה הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְרָ֣א עָלֶ֑יהָ כִּֽי־עָלְתָ֥ה רָעָתָ֖ם לְפָנָֽי׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

ἀνάστηθι καὶ πορεύθητι εἰς Νινευη τὴν πόλιν τὴν μεγάλην καὶ κήρυξον ἐν αὐτῇ ὅτι ἀνέβη ἡ κραυγὴ τῆς κακίας αὐτῆς πρός με

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

«قُمِ اذْهَبْ إِلَى نِينَوَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ وَنَادِ عَلَيْهَا، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ صَعِدَ شَرُّهُمْ أَمَامِي».

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Levántate, y ve á Nínive, ciudad grande, y pregona contra ella; porque su maldad ha subido delante de mí.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Levántate y ve a Nínive, aquella gran ciudad, y pregona contra ella; porque ha subido su maldad delante de mí.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

你起來往尼尼微大城去、向其中的居民呼喊、因為他們的惡達到我面前。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

"Levántate y ve a Nínive, la gran ciudad, y predica contra ella; porque su maldad ha subido a mi presencia."

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

너는 일어나 저 큰 성읍 니느웨로 가서 그것을 쳐서 외치라 그 악독이 내 앞에 상달하였음이니라 하시니라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Lève-toi, va à Ninive, la grande ville, et crie contre elle! car sa méchanceté est montée jusqu'à moi.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Mache dich auf und gehe in die große Stadt Ninive und predige wider sie! denn ihre Bosheit ist heraufgekommen vor mich.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

встань, иди в Ниневию, город великий, и проповедуй в нем, ибо злодеяния его дошли до Меня.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Levántate, y ve a Nínive, ciudad grande, y pregona contra ella; porque su maldad ha subido delante de mí.

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(1:2)

The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jonah

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