Jonah 1:17 BSB — MannaFest

Jonah 1:17

Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

KJV

Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jonah, Chapter 1 (420)

"Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah." LXX: 'and the Lord ordered a great fish to swallow Jonah'. The Lord commanded death and the underworld to receive the prophet. To the eager jaws of death he seemed a prey: she had such joy in swallowing him, and such sadness in spitting him out. Thus happened what is written in Hosea: "I will be your death, O Death! I will be your bite, Hell!" [Hos. 13:14].

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

A great fish - The Hebrew word is, numbered, has appointed him for Jonah's receiver and deliverer. God has the command of all his creatures, and can make any of them serve his designs of mercy to his people.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

An illustrious type of Christ, who was buried and rose again according to the scriptures ( 1 Cor. xv. 4 ), according to this scripture, for, as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so was the Son of man three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, Matt. xii. Jonah's burial was a figure of Christ's.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Now the Lord had (literally “And the Lord”) prepared - Jonah (as appears from his thanksgiving) was not swallowed at once, but sank to the bottom of the sea, God preserving him in life there by miracle, as he did in the fish’s belly.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְמַ֤ן	vay.Man	and he appointed	H4487 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
דָּ֣ג	dag	a fish	H1709 →
גָּד֔וֹל	ga.Dol	great	H1419 →
לִבְלֹ֖עַ	liv.Lo.a'	to swallow	H1104 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יוֹנָ֑ה	yo.Nah	Jonah	H3124 →
וַיְהִ֤י	vay.Hi	and he was	H1961 →
יוֹנָה֙	yo.Nah	Jonah	H3124 →
בִּמְעֵ֣י	bim.'Ei	in [the] inward parts of	H4578 →
הַדָּ֔ג	ha.Dag	the fish	H1709 →
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה	she.lo.Shah	three	H7969 →
יָמִ֖ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה	u.she.lo.Shah	and three	H7969 →
לֵילֽוֹת׃	lei.Lot	nights	H3915 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Habakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
leads to
- Psalms 85:6
  Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
- Psalms 90:13–17
  Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
- Hosea 6:2–3
  After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- Isaiah 51:9–11
  Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the…
- Lamentations 3:32
  Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
Through
Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.
leads to
- Luke 11:29–30
  As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
- Matthew 12:39–40
  Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
Through
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
leads to
- Matthew 27:63–64
  “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’