Jonah 3

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

KJV WEB

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KJVAnd the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
WEBYahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,
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KJVArise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
WEB“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
3
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.
WEBSo Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
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KJVAnd Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
WEBJonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
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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.
WEBThe people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
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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.
WEBThe news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
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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:
WEBHe made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
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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.
WEBbut let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.
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KJVWho can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
WEBWho knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”
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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.
WEBGod saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.

King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
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