| 1:1 |
Now the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto Jonah the son of AmittaiAmit′tai saying |
| 1:2 |
Arise go to NinevehNin′eveh that great city and cry against it; for their wickedness ishas come up before me |
| 1:3 |
But Jonah rose up to flee untoto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah;the andLord heHe went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish:; so he paid the fare thereof and went downon intoboard it to go with them untoto Tarshish away from the presence of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 1:4 |
But Jehovahthe sentLord outhurled a great wind upon the sea and there was a mighty tempest on the sea so that the ship wasthreatened like to bebreak brokenup |
| 1:5 |
Then the mariners were afraid and each cried everyto man unto his god; and they castthrew forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea to lighten it untofor them But Jonah washad gone down into the innermostinner partspart of the ship; and hehad laylain down and was fast asleep |
| 1:6 |
So the shipmastercaptain came to him and said untoto him What meanestdo thouyou Omean you sleeper ariseArise call upon thyyour Godgod ifPerhaps sothe begod thatwill Godgive willa thinkthought uponto us that we perishdo not perish |
| 1:7 |
And they said everyto one toanother his fellow Come and let us cast lots that we may know foron whose causeaccount this evil ishas come upon us So they cast lots and the lot fell upon Jonah |
| 1:8 |
Then they said theyto unto him Tell us weon pray thee for whose causeaccount this evil ishas come upon us; whatWhat is thineyour occupation andAnd whence comestdo thouyou whatcome What is thyyour country andAnd of what people artare thouyou |
| 1:9 |
And he said untoto them I am a Hebrew; and I fear Jehovahthe Lord the God of heaven who hath made the sea and the dry land |
| 1:10 |
Then were the men were exceedingly afraid and said untoto him What is this that thouyou hasthave done For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Jehovahthe Lord because he had told them |
| 1:11 |
Then they said theyto unto him What shall we do untoto theeyou that the sea may bequiet calmdown untofor us forFor the sea grew more and more tempestuous |
| 1:12 |
AndHe he said untoto them Take me up and castthrow me forth into the sea; sothen shall the sea bewill calmquiet untodown for you:; for I know thatit foris mybecause sakeof me that this great tempest ishas come upon you |
| 1:13 |
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to getbring themthe ship back to the land; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them |
| 1:14 |
WhereforeTherefore they cried untoto Jehovahthe andLord said We beseech thee O JehovahLord we beseech thee let us not perish for this mans life and lay not uponon us innocent blood; for thou O JehovahLord hast done as it pleased thee |
| 1:15 |
So they took up Jonah and castthrew him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging |
| 1:16 |
Then the men feared Jehovahthe Lord exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice untoto Jehovahthe Lord and made vows |
| 1:17 |
And Jehovahthe preparedLord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights |
| 2:1 |
Then Jonah prayed untoto Jehovahthe Lord his God outfrom the belly of the fishsfish belly |
| 2:2 |
Andsaying he said I called byto reasonthe ofLord mineout afflictionof untomy Jehovahdistress Andand he answered me; Outout of the belly of Sheol I cried Iand And thou heardestdidst hear my voice |
| 2:3 |
For thou didst cast me into the depthdeep ininto the heart of the seas Andand the flood was round about me; Allall thy waves and thy billows passed over me |
| 2:4 |
AndThen I said I am cast out from beforethy thine eyespresence; Yethow shall I willagain look againupon toward thy holy temple |
| 2:5 |
The waters compassedclosed mein aboutover evenme to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head |
| 2:6 |
I wentat down to the bottomsroots of the mountains; TheI earthwent withdown itsto the land whose bars closed upon me for ever:; Yetyet hast thou broughtdidst bring up my life from the pitPit O JehovahLord my God |
| 2:7 |
When my soul fainted within me I remembered Jehovahthe Lord; Andand my prayer came into unto thee into thy holy temple |
| 2:8 |
TheyThose thatwho pay regard lyingto vanitiesvain Forsakeidols forsake their owntrue mercyloyalty |
| 2:9 |
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will paysacrifice thatto whichthee; what I have vowed SalvationI iswill ofpay JehovahDeliverance belongs to the Lord |
| 2:10 |
And Jehovahthe spakeLord untospoke to the fish and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land |
| 3:1 |
AndThen the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto Jonah the second time saying |
| 3:2 |
Arise go untoto NinevehNin′eveh that great city and preachproclaim untoto it the preachingmessage that I bidtell theeyou |
| 3:3 |
So Jonah arose and went untoto NinevehNin′eveh according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord Now NinevehNin′eveh was an exceedingexceedingly great city of three days journey in breadth |
| 3:4 |
And Jonah began to entergo into the city going a days journey andAnd he cried and said Yet forty days and NinevehNin′eveh shall be overthrown |
| 3:5 |
And the people of NinevehNin′eveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest of them even to the least of them |
| 3:6 |
AndThen the tidings reached the king of NinevehNin′eveh and he arose from his throne andremoved laid his robe from him and covered himhimself with sackcloth and sat in ashes |
| 3:7 |
And he made proclamation and published through NinevehNin′eveh byBy the decree of the king and his nobles: saying Let neither man nor beast herd nor flock taste anything; let them not feed noror drink water; |
| 3:8 |
but let themman and beast be covered with sackcloth both man and beast and let them cry mightily untoto God:; yea let them turn every one turn from his evil way and from the violence thatwhich is in his hands |
| 3:9 |
Who knowethknows whether God willmay notyet turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger so that we perish not |
| 3:10 |
AndWhen God saw theirwhat worksthey thatdid how they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do untoto them; and he did not do it not |
| 4:2 |
And he prayed untoto Jehovahthe Lord and said I pray thee OLord Jehovahis was not this mywhat sayingI said when I was yet in my country ThereforeThat is why I hastedmade haste to flee untoto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful slow to anger and abundantabounding in lovingkindnesssteadfast love and repentest thee of the evil |
| 4:3 |
Therefore now O JehovahLord take I beseech thee my life from me; I beseech thee for it is better for me to die than to live |
| 4:4 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said DoestDo thouyou do well to be angry |
| 4:5 |
Then Jonah went out of the city and sat onto the east side of the city and there made him a booth andfor himself there He sat under it in the shade till he mightshould see what would become of the city |
| 4:6 |
And Jehovahthe Lord God preparedappointed a gourdplant and made it to come up over Jonah that it might be a shade over his head to deliversave him from his evildiscomfort case So Jonah was exceedingexceedingly glad because of the gourdplant |
| 4:7 |
But God prepared a worm when thedawn morningcame roseup the next day andGod itappointed smotea worm which attacked the gourdplant so that it withered |
| 4:8 |
AndWhen it came to pass when the sun aroserose that God preparedappointed a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he faintedwas faint; and requestedhe forasked himself that he might die and said It is better for me to die than to live |
| 4:9 |
AndBut God said to Jonah DoestDo thouyou do well to be angry for the gourdplant And he said I do well to be angry evenangry untoenough deathto die |
| 4:10 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said ThouYou hastpity had regard for the gourdplant for which thouyou hastdid not laboredlabor neithernor madestdid you make it grow; which came upinto being in a night and perished in a night: |
| 4:11 |
andAnd should not I havepity regardNin′eveh for Nineveh that great city whereinin which there are more than sixscorea hundred and twenty thousand persons thatwho cannotdo discernnot betweenknow their right hand andfrom their left hand; and also much cattle |