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Matthew 12:40

NETBible	For just as Jonah was *in the belly of the huge fish¹ for three days and three nights*,² so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
NIV © biblegateway Mat 12:40	For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
NASB © biblegateway Mat 12:40	for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
NLT © biblegateway Mat 12:40	For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so I, the Son of Man, will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
MSG © biblegateway Mat 12:40	Like Jonah, three days and nights in the fish's belly, the Son of Man will be gone three days and nights in a deep grave.
BBE © SABDAweb Mat 12:40	For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
NRSV © bibleoremus Mat 12:40	For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.
NKJV © biblegateway Mat 12:40	"For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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KJV	For <1063> as <5618> Jonas <2495> was <2258> (5713) three <5140> days <2250> and <2532> three <5140> nights <3571> in <1722> the whale's <2785> belly <2836>_; so <3779> shall the Son <5207> of man <444> be <2071> (5704) three <5140> days <2250> and <2532> three <5140> nights <3571> in <1722> the heart <2588> of the earth <1093>_.
NASB © biblegateway Mat 12:40	for just <5618> as JONAH <2495> WAS THREE <5140> DAYS <2250> AND THREE <5140> NIGHTS <3571> IN THE BELLY <2836> OF THE SEA <2785> MONSTER <2785> , so <3779> will the Son <5207> of Man <444> be three <5140> days <2250> and three <5140> nights <3571> in the heart <2588> of the earth <1093> .
NET [draft] ITL	For <1063> just as <5618> Jonah <2495> was <1510> in <1722> the belly <2836> of the huge fish <2785> for three <5140> days <2250> and <2532> three <5140> nights <3571> , so <3779> the Son <5207> of Man <444> will be <1510> in <1722> the heart <2588> of the earth <1093> for three <5140> days <2250> and <2532> three <5140> nights <3571> .
GREEK	wsper <5618> ADV gar <1063> CONJ hn <1510> (5713) V-IXI-3S iwnav <2495> N-NSM en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF koilia <2836> N-DSF tou <3588> T-GSN khtouv <2785> N-GSN treiv <5140> A-APF hmerav <2250> N-APF kai <2532> CONJ treiv <5140> A-APF nuktav <3571> N-APF outwv <3779> ADV estai <1510> (5704) V-FXI-3S o <3588> T-NSM uiov <5207> N-NSM tou <3588> T-GSM anyrwpou <444> N-GSM en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF kardia <2588> N-DSF thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1093> N-GSF treiv <5140> A-APF hmerav <2250> N-APF kai <2532> CONJ treiv <5140> A-APF nuktav <3571> N-APF

NETBible

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish¹ for three days and three nights,² so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “large sea creature.”

²sn A quotation from Jonah 1:17.