Jonah 1



 1. Now the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto 
Jonah <3124> the son <1121> of Amittai <0573>, saying <0559>,



 2 Arise <6965>, go <3212> to Nineveh <5210>, that great <1419> 
city <5892>, and cry <7121> against <5921> it; for their 
wickedness <7451> is come <5927> up before <6440> me.



 3 But Jonah <3124> rose <6965> up to flee <1272> unto Tarshish 
<8659> from the presence <6440> of the LORD <3068>, and went 
<3381> down <3381> to Joppa <3305>; and he found <4672> a ship 
<0591> going <0935> to Tarshish <8659>: so he paid <5414> the 
fare <7939> thereof, and went <3381> down <3381> into it, to go 
<0935> with them unto Tarshish <8659> from the presence <6440> 
of the LORD <3068>.



 4. But the LORD <3068> sent <2904> out a great <1419> wind 
<7307> into <0413> the sea <3220>, and there was a mighty <1419> 
tempest <5591> in the sea <3220>, so that the ship <0591> was 
like <2803> to be broken <7665>.



 5 Then the mariners <4419> were afraid <3372>, and cried <2199> 
every man unto his god <0430>, and cast <2904> forth <2904> the 
wares <3627> that [were] in the ship <0591> into <0413> the sea 
<3220>, to lighten <7043> [it] of them. But Jonah <3124> was 
gone <3381> down <3381> into <0413> the sides <3411> of the ship 
<5600>; and he lay <7901>, and was fast asleep <7290>.



 6 So the shipmaster came <7126> to him, and said <0559> unto 
him, What <4100> meanest thou, O sleeper <7290>? arise <6965>, 
call <7121> upon thy God <0430>, if <0194> so be that God <0430> 
will think <6245> upon us, that we perish <6> not.



 7 And they said <0559> every <0376> one <0376> to his fellow 
<7453>, Come <3212>, and let us cast <5307> lots <1486>, that we 
may know <3045> for whose <4310> cause <7945> this <2063> evil 
<7451> [is] upon us. So they cast <5307> lots <1486>, and the 
lot <1486> fell <5307> upon Jonah <3124>.



 8 Then said <0559> they unto him, Tell <5046> us, we pray 
<4994> thee, for whose cause <0834> this <2063> evil <7451> [is] 
upon us; What <4100> [is] thine occupation <4399>? and whence 
<0370> comest <0935> thou? what <4100> [is] thy country <0776>? 
and of what people <5971> [art] thou?



 9 And he said <0559> unto them, I [am] an Hebrew <5680>; and I 
fear <3373> the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of heaven <8064>, 
which <0834> hath made <6213> the sea <3220> and the dry <3004> 
[land].



 10 Then were the men <0582> exceedingly <1419> afraid <3372>, 
and said <0559> unto him, Why <4100> hast thou done <6213> this 
<2063>? For the men <0582> knew <3045> that he fled <1272> from 
the presence <6440> of the LORD <3068>, because <3588> he had 
told <5046> them.



 11. Then said <0559> they unto him, What <4100> shall we do 
<6213> unto thee, that the sea <3220> may be calm <8367> unto 
us? for the sea <3220> wrought <1980>, and was tempestuous 
<5490>.



 12 And he said <0559> unto them, Take <5375> me up, and cast 
<2904> me forth <2904> into <0413> the sea <3220>; so shall the 
sea <3220> be calm <8367> unto you: for I know <3045> that for 
my sake <7945> this great <1419> tempest <5591> [is] upon you.



 13 Nevertheless the men <0582> rowed <2864> hard to bring 
<7725> [it] to the land <3004>; but they could <3201> not: for 
the sea <3220> wrought <1980>, and was tempestuous <5490> 
against <5921> them.



 14 Wherefore they cried <7121> unto the LORD <3068>, and said 
<0559>, We beseech <0577> thee, O LORD <3068>, we beseech <0577> 
thee, let us not perish <6> for this <2088> man's <0376> life 
<5315>, and lay <5414> not upon us innocent <5355> blood <1818>: 
for thou, O LORD <3068>, hast done <6213> as it pleased <2654> 
thee.



 15 So they took up Jonah <3124>, and cast <2904> him forth 
<2904> into <0413> the sea <3220>: and the sea <3220> ceased 
<5975> from her raging <2197>.



 16 Then the men <0582> feared <3372> the LORD <3068> 
exceedingly <1419>, and offered <2076> a sacrifice <2077> unto 
the LORD <3068>, and made vows <5088>.



 17 Now the LORD <3068> had prepared <4487> a great <1419> fish 
<1709> to swallow <1104> up Jonah <3124>. And Jonah <3124> was 
in the belly <4578> of the fish <1709> three <7969> days <3117> 
and three <7969> nights <3915>.



Jonah 2



 1. Then Jonah <3124> prayed <6419> unto the LORD <3068> his God 
<0430> out of the fish's <1710> belly <4578>,



 2 And said <0559>, I cried <7121> by reason of mine affliction 
<6869> unto the LORD <3068>, and he heard <6030> me; out of the 
belly <0990> of hell <7585> cried <7768> I, [and] thou heardest 
<8085> my voice <6963>.



 3 For thou hadst cast <7993> me into the deep <4688>, in the 
midst <3824> of the seas <3220>; and the floods <5104> compassed 
<5437> me about: all <3605> thy billows <4867> and thy waves 
<1530> passed <5674> over <5674> me.



 4 Then I said <0559>, I am cast <1644> out of thy sight <5869>; 
yet <0389> I will look <5027> again <3254> toward <0413> thy 
holy <6944> temple <1964>.



 5 The waters <4325> compassed <0661> me about, [even] to the 
soul <5315>: the depth <8415> closed <5437> me round <5437> 
about, the weeds <5488> were wrapped <2280> about my head <7218>.



 6 I went <3381> down <3381> to the bottoms of the mountains 
<2022>; the earth <0776> with her bars <1280> [was] about <1157> 
me for ever <5769>: yet hast thou brought <5927> up my life 
<2416> from corruption <7845>, O LORD <3068> my God <0430>.



 7 When my soul <5315> fainted <5848> within <5921> me I 
remembered <2142> the LORD <3068>: and my prayer <8605> came 
<0935> in unto thee, into <0413> thine holy <6944> temple <1964>.



 8 They that observe <8104> lying <7723> vanities <1892> forsake 
<5800> their own mercy <2617>.



 9 But I will sacrifice <2076> unto thee with the voice <6963> 
of thanksgiving <8426>; I will pay <7999> [that] that I have 
vowed <5087>. Salvation <3444> [is] of the LORD <3068>.



 10. And the LORD <3068> spake <0559> unto the fish <1709>, and 
it vomited <6958> out Jonah <3124> upon the dry <3004> [land].



Jonah 3



 1. And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto 
Jonah <3124> the second <8145> time, saying <0559>,



 2 Arise <6965>, go <3312> unto Nineveh <5210>, that great 
<1419> city <5892>, and preach <7121> unto it the preaching 
<7150> that I bid <1696> thee.



 3 So Jonah <3124> arose <6965>, and went <3212> unto Nineveh 
<5210>, according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>. Now 
Nineveh <5210> was an exceeding <0430> great <1419> city <5892> 
of three <7969> days <3117>' journey <4109>.



 4 And Jonah <3124> began <2490> to enter <0935> into the city 
<5892> a day's <3117> journey <4109>, and he cried <7121>, and 
said <0559>, Yet <5750> forty <0705> days <3117>, and Nineveh 
<5210> shall be overthrown <2015>.



 5. So the people <0582> of Nineveh <5210> believed <0539> God 
<0430>, and proclaimed <7121> a fast <6685>, and put <3847> on 
sackcloth <8242>, from the greatest <1419> of them even to the 
least <6996> of them.



 6 For word <1697> came <5060> unto the king <4428> of Nineveh 
<5210>, and he arose <6965> from his throne <3678>, and he laid 
<5674> his robe <0155> from him, and covered <3680> [him] with 
sackcloth <8242>, and sat <3427> in ashes <0665>.



 7 And he caused [it] to be proclaimed <2199> and published 
<0559> through Nineveh <5210> by the decree <2940> of the king 
<4428> and his nobles <1419>, saying <0559>, Let neither <0369> 
man <0120> nor beast <0929>, herd <1241> nor flock <6629>, taste 
<2938> any <3792> thing: let them not feed <7462>, nor <0408> 
drink <8354> water <4325>:



 8 But let man <0120> and beast <0929> be covered <3680> with 
sackcloth <8242>, and cry <7121> mightily <2393> unto God <0430>:
 yea, let them turn <7725> every <0376> one <0376> from his evil 
<7451> way <1870>, and from the violence <2555> that [is] in 
their hands <3709>.



 9 Who <4310> can tell <3045> [if] God <0430> will turn <7725> 
and repent <5162>, and turn <7725> away from his fierce <2740> 
anger <0639>, that we perish <6> not?



 10 And God <0430> saw <7200> their works <4639>, that they 
turned <7725> from their evil <7451> way <1870>; and God <0430> 
repented <5162> of the evil <7451>, that he had said <1696> that 
he would do <6213> unto them; and he did <6213> [it] not.



Jonah 4



 1. But it displeased Jonah <3124> exceedingly <1419>, and he 
was very angry <2734>.



 2 And he prayed <6419> unto the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, I 
pray <0577> thee, O LORD <3068>, [was] not this <2088> my saying 
<1697>, when <5704> I was yet <5704> in my country <0127>? 
Therefore I fled <1272> before <6924> unto Tarshish <8659>: for 
I knew <3045> that thou [art] a gracious <2587> God <0410>, and 
merciful <7349>, slow <0750> to anger <0639>, and of great 
<7227> kindness <2617>, and repentest <5162> thee of the evil 
<7451>.



 3 Therefore now <6258>, O LORD <3068>, take <3947>, I beseech 
<4994> thee, my life <5315> from me; for [it is] better <2896> 
for me to die <4194> than to live <2416>.



 4 Then said <0559> the LORD <3068>, Doest thou well <3190> to 
be angry <2734>?



 5. So Jonah <3124> went <3318> out of the city <5892>, and sat 
<3427> on the east <6924> side <6924> of the city <5892>, and 
there <8033> made <6213> him a booth <5521>, and sat <3427> 
under <8478> it in the shadow <6738>, till <5704> he might see 
<7200> what <4100> would become <1961> of the city <5892>.



 6 And the LORD <3068> God <0430> prepared <4487> a gourd <7021>,
 and made [it] to come <5927> up over <5921> Jonah <3124>, that 
it might be a shadow <6738> over <5921> his head <7218>, to 
deliver <5337> him from his grief <7451>. So Jonah <3124> was 
exceeding <1419> glad <8056> of the gourd <7021>.



 7 But God <0430> prepared <4487> a worm <8438> when the morning 
<7837> rose <5927> the next <4283> day <4283>, and it smote 
<5221> the gourd <7021> that it withered <3001>.



 8 And it came <1961> to pass, when the sun <8121> did arise 
<2224>, that God <0430> prepared <4487> a vehement <2759> east 
<6921> wind <7307>; and the sun <8121> beat <5221> upon the head 
<7218> of Jonah <3124>, that he fainted <5968>, and wished 
<7592> in himself to die <4191>, and said <0559>, [It is] better 
<2896> for me to die <4191> than to live <2416>.



 9 And God <0430> said <0559> to Jonah <3124>, Doest thou well 
<3190> to be angry <2734> for the gourd <7021>? And he said 
<0559>, I do well <3190> to be angry <2734>, [even] unto death 
<4194>.



 10 Then said <0559> the LORD <3068>, Thou hast had pity <2347> 
on <5921> the gourd <7021>, for the which <0834> thou hast not 
laboured <5998>, neither <3808> madest it grow <1431>; which 
came <1961> up in a night <3915>, and perished <6> in a night 
<3915>:



 11 And should not I spare <2347> Nineveh <5210>, that great 
<1419> city <5892>, wherein are more <7227> than sixscore 
thousand <7239> persons <0120> that cannot <3808> discern <3045> 
between <0996> their right <3225> hand <3235> and their left 
<8040> hand <8040>; and [also] much <7227> cattle <0929>?







 

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