Polyglot Bible: Jonah: Jonah 3

This is a scholarly biblical text edition presenting Jonah chapter 3 in four parallel versions: the King James Version (with Strong's concordance numbers interleaved), the Greek Septuagint, the Hebrew Masoretic Text (Tanakh), and the Latin Vulgate. The passage narrates God's second command to Jonah to preach destruction to Nineveh, Jonah's compliance, and the city's dramatic collective repentance — from the king down to the livestock, all donning sackcloth and fasting. The central theological claim is that God responds to genuine moral repentance by relenting from announced judgment, a point sharpened by the king's notably humble and uncertain decree: even animals must fast, and the royal edict hedges with "who knows if God will relent." The distinctive value of the presentation is comparative-textual: readers can track where the translations diverge, such as the LXX's "three days" warning (versus the Hebrew/KJV's forty days) and subtle differences in how divine relenting is characterized across traditions. This format primarily serves scholars, pastors, or serious students doing source-critical or translation comparison work on this short but theologically loaded chapter.

Polyglot Bible: Jonah: Jonah 3

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