# Jonah 3

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 3 | 30%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 4 | 40%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 3 | 30%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 187 | 85.39%
NIV2011 changed words | 32 | 14.61%
NIV2011 removed words | 30 |
NIV2011 added words | 34 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
3:3 | tNIV | Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important city—a visit required three days. | Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important large city—a visit required ; it took three days to go through it. | Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important large city—a visit required ; it took three days to go through it.
3:4 | tNIV | On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned.” | On the first Jonah began by going a day, Jonah started ’s journey into the city. He proclaimed: , proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned overthrown.” | On the first Jonah began by going a day, Jonah started ’s journey into the city. He proclaimed: , proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned overthrown.”
3:5 | NIV2011 | The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. | The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. | The Ninevites believed God. They declared a A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
3:6 | NIV2011 | When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. | When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. | When the news Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.
3:7 | NIV2011 | Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let any man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. | Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let any man people or beast animals, herd herds or flock flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. | Then This is the proclamation he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let any man people or beast animals, herd herds or flock flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.
3:8 | tNIV | But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. | But let man people and beast animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. | But let man people and beast animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.
3:10 | tNIV | When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened. | When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion relented and did not bring upon on them the destruction he had threatened. | When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion relented and did not bring upon on them the destruction he had threatened.