1 Now the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Jonah 03124 the son 01121 of Amittai 0573, saying 0559, Jonah: Gr. Jonas
2 Arise 06965, go 03212 to Nineveh 05210, that great 01419 city 05892, and cry 07121 against it; for their wickedness 07451 is come up 05927 before 06440 me.
3 But Jonah 03124 arose 06965 to flee 01272 to Tarshish 08659 from the presence 06440 of the LORD 03068, and went down 03381 to Joppa 03305; and he found 04672 a ship 0591 going 0935 to Tarshish 08659: so he paid 05414 its fare 07939, and went down 03381 into it, to go 0935 with them to Tarshish 08659 from the presence 06440 of the LORD 03068.
4 But the LORD 03068 sent out 02904 a great 01419 wind 07307 into the sea 03220, and there was a mighty 01419 tempest 05591 in the sea 03220, so that the ship 0591 was in danger 02803 of being broken 07665. sent out: Heb. cast forthwas like…: Heb. thought to be broken
5 Then the mariners 04419 were afraid 03372, and cried 02199 every man 0376 to his god 0430, and cast 02904 the wares 03627 that were in the ship 0591 into the sea 03220, to lighten 07043 it of them. But Jonah 03124 had gone down 03381 into the sides 03411 of the ship 05600; and he lay 07901, and was fast asleep 07290.
6 So the shipmaster 07227, 2259 came 07126 to him, and said 0559 to him, What meanest thou, O sleeper 07290? arise 06965, call 07121 upon thy God 0430, it may be that God 0430 will think 06245 upon us, that we perish 06 not.
7 And they said 0559 every one 0376 to another 07453, Come 03212, and let us cast 05307 lots 01486, that we may know 03045 for whose cause 07945 this evil 07451 is upon us. So they cast 05307 lots 01486, and the lot 01486 fell 05307 upon Jonah 03124.
8 Then said 0559 they to him, Tell 05046 us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil 07451 is upon us; What is thy occupation 04399? and from where 0370 comest 0935 thou? what is thy country 0776? and of what people 05971 art thou?
9 And he said 0559 to them, I am an Hebrew 05680; and I fear 03373 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of heaven 08064, who hath made 06213 the sea 03220 and the dry 03004 land. the LORD: or, JEHOVAH
10 Then were the men 0582 exceedingly 01419, 3374 afraid 03372, and said 0559 to him, Why hast thou done 06213 this? For the men 0582 knew 03045 that he fled 01272 from the presence 06440 of the LORD 03068, because he had told 05046 them. exceedingly…: Heb. with great fear
11 Then said 0559 they to him, What shall we do 06213 to thee, that the sea 03220 may be calm 08367 to us? for the sea 03220 raged 01980, and was tempestuous 05590. may…: Heb. may be silent from uswrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went
12 And he said 0559 to them, Take me 05375, and cast me 02904 into the sea 03220; so shall the sea 03220 be calm 08367 to you: for I know 03045 that for my sake 07945 this great 01419 tempest 05591 is upon you.
13 Nevertheless the men 0582 rowed hard 02864 to bring 07725 it to the land 03004; but they could 03201 not: for the sea 03220 raged 01980, and was tempestuous 05590 against them. rowed: Heb. diggedwrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went
14 Therefore they cried 07121 to the LORD 03068, and said 0559, We beseech thee 0577, O LORD 03068, we beseech thee, let us not perish 06 for this man’s 0376 life 05315, and lay 05414 not upon us innocent 05355, 5355 blood 01818: for thou, O LORD 03068, hast done 06213 as it pleased 02654 thee.
15 So they took 05375 Jonah 03124, and cast him 02904 into the sea 03220: and the sea 03220 ceased 05975 from her raging 02197. ceased: Heb. stood
16 Then the men 0582 feared 03372 the LORD 03068 exceedingly 01419, 3374, and offered 02076 a sacrifice 02077 to the LORD 03068, and made 05087 vows 05088. offered…: Heb. sacrifice unto the LORD, and vowed vows
17 Now the LORD 03068 had prepared 04487 a great 01419 fish 01709 to swallow up 01104 Jonah 03124. And Jonah 03124 was in the belly 04578 of the fish 01709 three 07969 days 03117 and three 07969 nights 03915. belly: Heb. bowels
1 Then Jonah 03124 prayed 06419 to the LORD 03068 his God 0430 out of the fish’s 01710 belly 04578,
2 And said 0559, I cried 07121 by reason of my affliction 06869 to the LORD 03068, and he heard 06030 me; out of the belly 0990 of hell 07585 cried 07768 I, and thou heardest 08085 my voice 06963. by…: or, out of mine afflictionhell: or, the grave
3 For thou hadst cast 07993 me into the deep 04688, in the midst 03824 of the seas 03220; and the floods 05104 surrounded 05437 me: all thy billows 04867 and thy waves 01530 passed over 05674 me. midst: Heb. heart
4 Then I said 0559, I am cast out 01644 of thy sight 05869; yet I will look 05027 again 03254 toward thy holy 06944 temple 01964.
5 The waters 04325 surrounded me 0661, even to the soul 05315: the depth 08415 inclosed me on every side 05437, the weeds 05488 were wrapped about 02280 my head 07218.
6 I went down 03381 to the bottoms 07095 of the mountains 02022; the earth 0776 with her bars 01280 was about me for ever 05769: yet hast thou brought up 05927 my life 02416 from corruption 07845, O LORD 03068 my God 0430. bottoms: Heb. cuttings offcorruption: or, the pit
7 When my soul 05315 fainted 05848 within me I remembered 02142 the LORD 03068: and my prayer 08605 came 0935 to thee, into thy holy 06944 temple 01964.
8 They that observe 08104 lying 07723 vanities 01892 forsake 05800 their own mercy 02617.
9 But I will sacrifice 02076 to thee with the voice 06963 of thanksgiving 08426; I will pay 07999 that which I have vowed 05087. Salvation 03444 is of the LORD 03068.
10 And the LORD 03068 spoke 0559 to the fish 01709, and it vomited out 06958 Jonah 03124 upon the dry 03004 land.
1 And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Jonah 03124 the second 08145 time, saying 0559,
2 Arise 06965, go 03212 to Nineveh 05210, that great 01419 city 05892, and preach 07121 to it the preaching 07150 that I bid 01696 thee.
3 So Jonah 03124 arose 06965, and went 03212 to Nineveh 05210, according to the word 01697 of the LORD 03068. Now Nineveh 05210 was an exceeding 0430 great 01419 city 05892 of three 07969 days 03117’ journey 04109. exceeding: Heb. of God
4 And Jonah 03124 began 02490 to enter 0935 into the city 05892 a 0259 day’s 03117 journey 04109, and he cried 07121, and said 0559, Yet forty 0705 days 03117, and Nineveh 05210 shall be overthrown 02015.
5 So the people 0582 of Nineveh 05210 believed 0539 God 0430, and proclaimed 07121 a fast 06685, and put 03847 on sackcloth 08242, from the greatest 01419 of them even to the least 06996 of them.
6 For word 01697 came 05060 to the king 04428 of Nineveh 05210, and he arose 06965 from his throne 03678, and he laid 05674 his robe 0155 from him, and covered 03680 himself with sackcloth 08242, and sat 03427 in ashes 0665.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed 02199 and declared 0559 through Nineveh 05210 by the decree 02940 of the king 04428 and his nobles 01419, saying 0559, Let neither man 0120 nor beast 0929, herd 01241 nor flock 06629, taste 02938 any thing 03972: let them not feed 07462, nor drink 08354 water 04325: published: Heb. saidnobles: Heb. great men
8 But let man 0120 and beast 0929 be covered 03680 with sackcloth 08242, and cry 07121 mightily 02394 to God 0430: yea, let them turn 07725 every one 0376 from his evil 07451 way 01870, and from the violence 02555 that is in their hands 03709.
9 Who can tell 03045 if God 0430 will turn 07725 and repent 05162, and turn away 07725 from his fierce 02740 anger 0639, that we perish 06 not?
10 And God 0430 saw 07200 their works 04639, that they turned 07725 from their evil 07451 way 01870; and God 0430 repented 05162 of the evil 07451, that he had said 01696 that he would do 06213 to them; and he did 06213 it not.
1 But it displeased 03415 Jonah 03124 exceedingly 01419, 7451, and he was very angry 02734.
2 And he prayed 06419 to the LORD 03068, and said 0559, I pray 0577 thee, O LORD 03068, was not this my saying 01697, when I was yet in my country 0127? Therefore I fled 01272 before 06923 to Tarshish 08659: for I knew 03045 that thou art a gracious 02587 God 0410, and merciful 07349, slow 0750 to anger 0639, and of great 07227 kindness 02617, and repentest 05162 of the evil 07451.
3 Therefore now, O LORD 03068, take 03947, I beseech thee, my life 05315 from me; for it is better 02896 for me to die 04194 than to live 02416.
4 Then said 0559 the LORD 03068, Doest thou well 03190 to be angry 02734? Doest…: or, Art thou greatly angry?
5 So Jonah 03124 went out 03318 of the city 05892, and sat 03427 on the east side 06924 of the city 05892, and there made 06213 him a booth 05521, and sat 03427 under it in the shadow 06738, till he might see 07200 what would become of the city 05892.
6 And the LORD 03068 God 0430 prepared 04487 a gourd 07021, and made it to come up 05927 over Jonah 03124, that it might be a shade 06738 over his head 07218, to deliver 05337 him from his grief 07451. So Jonah 03124 was exceeding 01419, 8057 glad 08055 of the gourd 07021. gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajonwas…: Heb. rejoiced with great joy
7 But God 0430 prepared 04487 a worm 08438 when the morning 07837 rose 05927 the next day 04283, and it smote 05221 the gourd 07021 that it withered 03001.
8 And it came to pass, when the sun 08121 rose 02224, that God 0430 prepared 04487 a vehement 02759 east 06921 wind 07307; and the sun 08121 beat 05221 upon the head 07218 of Jonah 03124, that he fainted 05968, and wished 07592 in himself 05315 to die 04191, and said 0559, It is better 02896 for me to die 04194 than to live 02416. vehement: or, silent
9 And God 0430 said 0559 to Jonah 03124, Doest thou well 03190 to be angry 02734 for the gourd 07021? And he said 0559, I do well 03190 to be angry 02734, even to death 04194. Doest…: or, Art thou greatly angry?I do well…: or, I am greatly angry
10 Then said 0559 the LORD 03068, Thou hast had pity 02347 on the gourd 07021, for which thou hast not laboured 05998, neither made it grow 01431; which came up in a night 01121, 3915, and perished 06 in a night 01121, 3915: had pity: or, sparedcame…: Heb. was the son of the night
11 And should not I spare 02347 Nineveh 05210, that great 01419 city 05892, in which are 03426 more 07235 than an hundred and twenty 08147, 6240 thousand 07239 persons 0120 that cannot discern 03045 between their right hand 03225 and their left hand 08040; and also many 07227 cattle 0929?