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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויקם יונה וילך אל נינוה--כדבר יהוה ונינוה היתה עיר גדולה לאלהים--מהלך שלשת ימים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyqm yvnh vylk Al nynvh--kdbr yhvh vnynvh hyth `yr gdvlh lAlhym--mhlk SHlSHt ymym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et surrexit Iona et abiit in Nineven iuxta verbum Domini et Nineve erat civitas magna Dei itinere dierum trium

King James Variants
American King James Version   
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city of three days' journey around it.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
Authorized (King James) Version   
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
New King James Version   
So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent.
21st Century King James Version   
So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days journey.
Darby Bible Translation   
And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And Jonas arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive was a great city of three days' journey.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth.
God's Word   
Jonah immediately went to Nineveh as the LORD told him. Nineveh was a very large city. It took three days to walk through it.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the LORD's command. Now Nineveh was an extremely large city, a three-day walk.
International Standard Version   
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to do what the LORD had ordered. Now Nineveh was a very large city, requiring a three-day journey to cross through it.
NET Bible   
So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the LORD had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city--it required three days to walk through it!)
New American Standard Bible   
So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days' walk.
New International Version   
Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.
New Living Translation   
This time Jonah obeyed the LORD's command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all.
Webster's Bible Translation   
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
The World English Bible   
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Jonah obeyed the Lord and he went to Nineveh. Nineveh was a very large city. Somebody would need three days to walk all through it.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days.
New Life Version   
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, as the Lord had told him. Now Nineveh was a very large city. It took three days to walk through it.
The Voice Bible   
Having learned his lesson, Jonah yielded to the Eternal’s command and headed on the road to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was an important city, so large that it took three days to travel throughout it.
Living Bible   
So Jonah obeyed and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city with many villages around it—so large that it would take three days to walk through it.
New Catholic Bible   
Therefore, Jonah set out and journeyed to Nineveh in obedience to the command of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city; it required three days simply to walk across it.
Legacy Standard Bible   
So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
Christian Standard Bible   
Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command. Now Nineveh was an extremely great city, a three-day walk.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city of three days’ journey [sixty miles in circumference].
New Century Version   
So Jonah obeyed the Lord and got up and went to Nineveh. It was a very large city; just to walk across it took a person three days.
The Message   
This time Jonah started off straight for Nineveh, obeying God’s orders to the letter. Nineveh was a big city, very big—it took three days to walk across it.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh just as the word of the Lord had commanded. Now Nineveh was a great city to God. It required a three-day walk.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across.
Good News Translation®   
So Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to walk through it.
Wycliffe Bible   
And Jonah rose, and went into Nineveh, by the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city, of the journey of three days. (And Jonah rose up, and went to Nineveh, by the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was such a great, or such a large, city, that it took three days’ journey to walk across it.)
Contemporary English Version   
Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
So Jonah arose and went to Nin′eveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nin′eveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across.
Common English Bible © 2011   
And Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, according to the Lord’s word. (Now Nineveh was indeed an enormous city, a three days’ walk across.)
Amplified Bible © 2015   
So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk [about sixty miles in circumference].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
So Jonah set out for Nineveh, in accord with the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an awesomely great city; it took three days to walk through it.
New American Standard Bible   
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk.
The Expanded Bible   
So Jonah obeyed the Lord and got up and went to Nineveh. It was a very large city; just to walk ·across it [or through it all] took a person three days.
Tree of Life Version   
So Jonah rose and went to Nineveh according to the word of Adonai. Now Nineveh was a great city to God—the length of a three day journey.
Revised Standard Version   
So Jonah arose and went to Nin′eveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nin′eveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth.
New International Reader's Version   
Jonah obeyed the Lord. He went to Nineveh. It was a very large city. In fact, it took about three days to go through it.
BRG Bible   
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
Complete Jewish Bible   
So Yonah set out and went to Ninveh, as Adonai had said. Now Ninveh was such a large city that it took three days just to cross it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
So Yonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the Devar Hashem. Now Nineveh was an exceeding ir gedolah of a journey of shloshet yamim.
Names of God Bible   
Jonah immediately went to Nineveh as Yahweh told him. Nineveh was a very large city. It took three days to walk through it.
Modern English Version   
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three-day journey across.
Easy-to-Read Version   
So Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh. It was a very large city. A person had to walk for three days to travel through it.
International Children’s Bible   
So Jonah obeyed the Lord. He got up and went to Nineveh. It was a very large city. It took a person three days just to walk across it.
Lexham English Bible   
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an extraordinarily great city—a journey of three days across.
New International Version - UK   
Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.