Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Now the word of the
LORD
came to
Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
Now the word of Jehovah
came unto
Jonah the
son of Amittai, saying,
“Get
up!
Go to the
great city of
Nineveh
and preach
against it ,
because
its
wickedness has
come up before Me. ”
Arise,
go to Nineveh,
that
great city ,
and cry
against it ;
for
their
wickedness is
come up before me.
Jonah ,
however,
got
up to flee to
Tarshish ,
away
from the presence of the
LORD.
He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound
for
Tarshish .
So he paid the fare and went aboard
to sail
for
Tarshish ,
away
from the presence of the
LORD
.
But
Jonah rose
up to flee unto
Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah;
and
he went down to Joppa ,
and found a ship going
to
Tarshish :
so he paid the fare thereof,
and went down
into
it,
to go
with
them
unto
Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah
.
Then
the
LORD
hurled
a great wind upon the sea, and such
a violent
storm
arose
that the ship was in
danger
of
breaking
apart
.
But
Jehovah
sent
out
a great wind upon the sea, and there
was
a mighty
tempest
on
the
sea,
so
that the ship was like
to
be
broken
.
The sailors
were afraid, and each
cried out
to
his own
god .
And they threw
the ship’s
cargo
into the sea to lighten the
load
. But Jonah had
gone down to
the lowest
part
of the vessel,
where
he lay down
and fell
into
a
deep
sleep
.
Then
the mariners
were afraid, and cried every
man
unto
his god ;
and they cast
forth
the wares
that
were
in
the
ship
into the sea ,
to lighten it
unto
them
. But Jonah was
gone down into
the innermost
parts
of the ship;
and
he lay ,
and was
fast
asleep
.
The captain
approached
him and said, “How
can
you
sleep
? Get
up
and
call upon your
God .
Perhaps
this
God will consider
us, so
that we may
not
perish. ”
So
the shipmaster
came
to
him ,
and said unto
him
, What
meanest
thou,
O
sleeper
? arise,
call upon thy
God ,
if
so
be
that
God will think
upon
us, that we perish not
.
“Come!”
said the
sailors
to
one another.
“
Let us cast lots to
find
out
who
is
responsible
for this calamity
that
is upon us. ”
So they cast lots, and the lot fell on
Jonah.
And
they
said every
one to
his
fellow,
Come,
and
let us cast lots ,
that
we
may
know
for whose
cause
this evil
is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon
Jonah.
“
Tell us now
, ”
they
demanded
, “who
is
to
blame
for this calamity
that
is upon us ?
What is your
occupation ,
and where
have
you
come
from
? What is your
country ,
and who
are
your
people? ”
Then
said
they
unto
him,
Tell us, we
pray
thee
, for whose
cause
this evil
is upon us ;
what is thine
occupation ?
and whence
comest
thou
? what is thy
country ?
and of
what
people art
thou
?
“
I am a Hebrew ,”
replied
Jonah.
“
I worship
the
LORD
, the God of the
heavens
, who made the sea and the dry land. ”
And
he
said
unto
them,
I am a Hebrew ;
and
I fear
Jehovah
, the God of heaven
, who hath
made the sea and the dry land.
Then the men were
even
more
afraid and said to
him, “
What have
you
done? ”
The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the
LORD
, because he had told them.
Then were
the men exceedingly
afraid ,
and said unto
him, What is
this
that
thou
hast
done? For
the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Jehovah
, because he had told them.
Now
the
sea
was
growing
worse
and
worse,
so
they
said to
Jonah
, “
What must
we do to
you
to
calm
this
sea for
us? ”
Then
said they
unto
him
, What shall
we do unto
thee,
that
the
sea may
be
calm
unto
us? for
the
sea
grew
more
and
more
tempestuous.
“Pick
me up, ”
he
answered,
“
and cast me into the sea ,
so it
may
quiet
down
for
you .
For I know that I
am
to
blame
for this violent
storm
that
has
come
upon you. ”
And
he
said
unto
them,
Take
me up, and cast me forth
into the sea ;
so shall
the
sea
be
calm
unto
you :
for I know that for my
sake
this great
tempest
is
upon you.
Nevertheless ,
the men rowed hard to get back to dry
land ,
but they could not ,
for the sea was
raging
against
them
more and more.
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them
back to the
land ;
but they could not :
for the sea grew
more and more tempestuous
against
them
.
So
they cried out
to
the
LORD:
“Please
, O LORD
, do
not
let us perish on
account
of
this man’s
life !
Do
not charge
us with
innocent blood !
For You
, O LORD
, have
done as You
pleased. ”
Wherefore
they cried unto
Jehovah
, and
said,
We
beseech
thee,
O Jehovah
, we
beseech
thee,
let us not
perish for
this man's
life ,
and
lay
not upon
us innocent blood ;
for thou
, O Jehovah
, hast
done as it
pleased thee
.
At
this,
they picked
up Jonah and cast him into the sea ,
and the raging
sea grew
calm
.
So
they took
up Jonah ,
and cast him forth
into the sea ;
and the sea ceased
from
its
raging
.
Then the men feared the
LORD
greatly,
and they offered a sacrifice to
the
LORD
and made vows to
Him
.
Then the men feared Jehovah
exceedingly;
and they offered a sacrifice unto
Jehovah,
and made vows.
Now
the
LORD
had
appointed
a great fish to swallow Jonah ,
and Jonah spent
three
days
and
three
nights
in the belly of the fish.
And
Jehovah
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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