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Jonah 1:17 — Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah…

“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.”

Jonah 1:17 · KJV

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The verses around Jonah 1:17.

¹⁵So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

¹⁶Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.

¹⁷Now 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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Verse explanation

The 'great fish' is the story's most famous element; the book is a short narrative full of irony, and this detail works within the story as the means God uses to put Jonah back on course, without the text going into zoological detail.

From the Jonah 1 study in Bible in Stories.

Jonah 1:17 in other versions

The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.

KJV · King James
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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ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Preparou pois o Senhor um grande peixe, que tragasse a Jonas; e esteve Jonas tres dias e tres noites nas entranhas do peixe.
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BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Mas o SENHOR havia preparado um grande peixe para que tragasse a Jonas; e Jonas esteve três dias e três noites no ventre do peixe.
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VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Entonces el Señor envió a un pez enorme para que se tragara a Jonás. Y Jonás pasó tres días y tres noches en el vientre del pez.
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