Jonah - Verse by Verse

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Jon 1:1 And the Word of Jehovah was to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

 

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Jonah 1:2 (KJV)
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

 

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Jon 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah. And he went down to Joppa, and he found a ship going to Tarshish. And he gave its fare and went down into it in order to go with them to Tarshish, from before the face of Jehovah.

 

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Jonah 1:4
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.

 

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Jon 1:5 And the sailors were afraid, and each man cried to his god. And they threw out the ship's articles into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship; and he lay down, and was sound asleep.

 

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Jonah 1:6 (KJV)
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.

 

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Jonah 1:7 (KJV)
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.

 

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Jonah 1:8 (KJV)
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?

 

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Jon 1:9 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew. And I fear Jehovah, the God of Heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.

 

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Jonah 1:10 (KJV)
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.

 

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Jonah 1:11 NIV

The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"

 

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Jonah 1:12 (KJV)
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.

 

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Jonah 1:13 (KJV)
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

 

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Jon 1:14 And they cried out to Jehovah, and said, We beseech You, O Jehovah, we beseech You, do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not lay innocent blood on us. For You, O Jehovah, have done as You desired.

 

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Jonah 1:15 (KJV) So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

 

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Jon 1:16 Then the men feared Jehovah with a great fear and offered a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vowed vows.

 

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Jon 1:17 And Jehovah had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

 

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Jonah 2:1 (KJV)
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

 

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Jon 2:2 And he said, I cried out to Jehovah from my distress. And He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help, and You heard my voice.

 

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Jonah 2:3 (KJV)
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.