Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
Now the word of Yahweh
came to
Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Now the word of the
LORD
came unto
Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
"
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach
against it ,
for their 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.
But Jonah rose up to flee to
Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.
He
went down to Joppa ,
and found a ship going to Tarshish ;
so he paid its
fare, and went down into it, to go with them to
Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh
.
But Jonah rose up to flee unto
Tarshish from the presence of the
LORD,
and
went down to Joppa ;
and he
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 the
LORD
.
But Yahweh
sent out a great wind on
the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on
the sea, so that the ship was likely
to break
up
.
But the
LORD
sent out a great wind into
the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in
the sea, so that the ship was like
to be
broken
.
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to
his god .
They
threw
the cargo
that was
in the ship into the sea, to lighten it. But Jonah had
gone down into the innermost
parts
of the ship ,
and he was
laying
down
, and was fast asleep.
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto
his god ,
and
cast
forth
the wares
that were
in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of
them
. But Jonah was
gone down into the sides
of the ship ;
and he lay
, and was fast asleep.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said to
him, "
What do
you
mean
, sleeper? Arise, call on
your
gods!
Maybe
the
gods
will notice
us, so
that we won't
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
.
They all
said to each
other
, "
Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is on
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.
Then they asked
him, "
Tell us, please
, for whose cause this evil is on
us .
What is your
occupation? Where
do
you
come
from
? What is your
country? Of what people are
you
? "
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
?
He said to
them, "
I am a
Hebrew ,
and I fear Yahweh
, the God of heaven, who
has
made the sea and the dry land. "
And
he said unto
them, I am an
Hebrew ;
and I fear the
LORD
, the God of heaven, which
hath
made the sea and the dry land.
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to
him ,
"What
is
this
that
you
have
done? "
For the men knew that he was
fleeing
from the presence of Yahweh
, because he had told them.
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto
him .
Why
hast
thou
done this
? For the men knew that he fled
from the presence of the
LORD
, because he had told them.
Then said they to
him, "
What shall we do to
you
, that the sea may be calm to
us? "
For the sea grew
more
and more
tempestuous.
Then said they unto
him, What shall we do unto
thee
, that the sea may be calm unto
us? for the sea wrought,
and was
tempestuous.
He said to
them, "
Take me up, and throw
me into the sea .
Then
the sea will
be calm for
you ;
for I know that because
of
me
this great tempest is on
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
them
back
to the land; but they could not ,
for the sea grew
more
and more
tempestuous against them.
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring
it
to the land; but they could not :
for the sea wrought,
and was
tempestuous against them.
Therefore
they cried to
Yahweh
, and said, "
We beg
you
, Yahweh
, we beg
you
, let us not perish for this man's life, and don't
lay on
us innocent blood ;
for you
, Yahweh
, have
done as it pleased you
. "
Wherefore
they cried unto
the
LORD
, and said, We beseech
thee
, O
LORD
, we beseech
thee
, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not
upon
us innocent blood :
for thou
, O
LORD
, hast
done as it pleased thee
.
So they took
up Jonah, and threw
him into the sea ;
and the sea ceased its
raging.
So they look
up Jonah, and cast
him forth
into the sea :
and the sea ceased from
her
raging.
Then the men feared Yahweh
exceedingly ;
and they
offered a sacrifice to
Yahweh
, and made vows.
Then the men feared the
LORD
exceedingly ,
and offered a sacrifice unto
the
LORD
, and made vows.
Yahweh
prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah ,
and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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.
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