| 1:3 |
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord,; and he 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. |
| 1:5 |
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 ofunto them. But Jonah was gone down into the sidesinnermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. |
| 1:8 |
Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; Whatwhat is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? |
| 1:10 |
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him., WhyWhat hastis this that thou hast done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. |
| 1:11 |
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought,grew more and wasmore tempestuous. |
| 1:13 |
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bringget itthem back to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought,grew more and wasmore tempestuous against them. |
| 1:16 |
Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly,; and they offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows. |
| 1:17 |
NowAnd the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.; Andand Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. |
| 2:1 |
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fishs belly,. |
| 2:2 |
And he said, I criedcalled by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heardanswered me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. |
| 2:3 |
For thou hadstdidst cast me into the deepdepth, in the midstheart of the seas;, and the floodsflood compassedwas meround about: me; all thy billowswaves and thy wavesbillows passed over me. |
| 2:4 |
ThenAnd I said, I am cast out offrom thybefore sightthine eyes; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. |
| 2:5 |
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul:; the depthdeep closedwas me round about, me; the weeds were wrapped about my head. |
| 2:6 |
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars wasclosed aboutupon me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruptionthe pit, O Lord my God. |
| 2:7 |
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. |
| 2:8 |
They that observeregard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. |
| 2:9 |
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that thatwhich I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. |
| 3:3 |
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days journey. |
| 3:5 |
SoAnd the people of Nineveh believed God,; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. |
| 3:6 |
ForAnd wordthe cametidings untoreached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. |
| 3:7 |
And he causedmade itproclamation to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: |
| 3:8 |
Butbut let manthem and beast be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. |
| 3:9 |
Who canknoweth tellwhether if God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? |
| 3:10 |
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, thatwhich he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. |
| 4:1 |
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. |
| 4:2 |
And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fledhasted beforeto flee unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and mercifulfull of compassion, slow to anger, and ofplenteous greatin kindnessmercy, and repentest thee of the evil. |
| 4:4 |
ThenAnd said the Lord said, Doest thou well to be angry? |
| 4:5 |
SoThen Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. |
| 4:6 |
And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his griefevil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd. |
| 4:7 |
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. |
| 4:8 |
And it came to pass, when the sun did arisearose, that God prepared a vehementsultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wishedrequested infor himself tothat he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. |
| 4:9 |
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. |
| 4:10 |
ThenAnd said the Lord said, Thou hast had pity on the gourd,; for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: |
| 4:11 |
Andand should not I sparehave pity on Nineveh, that great city,; wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? |