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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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Jonah 1:17
King James Version (KJV)
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Jonah 1:17
Verse 17 of 17
Commentary
Commentary on Jonah 1:17
Theological / DevotionalHad prepared. Heb. manah, “to appoint.” The word is thus translated in Dan. 1:5, 10.
A great fish. The record does not state whether the fish was created for the occasion or whether the Lord employed an existing variety capable of swallowing a man. Speculation on this point is valueless. The variety of fish is not identified. The Hebrew uses the generic term for “fish.” In the NT reference to this experience in Matt. 12:40 the fish is designated by the Gr. ketos, “sea monster,” though the KJV translates it “whale.”
The LXX reads ketos in Jonah 1:17.
Three days and three nights. The length of time involved in this expression has given rise to much discussion, inasmuch as Jesus declared: “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matt. 12:40). It can readily be demonstrated that according to Hebrew usage the expression does not necessarily mean three full days of 24 hours each, making 72 hours in all. For a discussion of the problem see on Matt. 12:40.
In the Hebrew and in the LXX, v. 17 is the first verse of ch. 2.
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