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Jonah 1 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:1 - The LORD said to Jonah son of Amittai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:2 - "Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - Instead, Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the commission of the LORD. He traveled to Joppa and found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard it to go with them to Tarshish far away from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:4 - But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - The ship's captain approached him and said, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:7 - The sailors said to one another, "Come on, let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us." So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - They said to him, "Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What's your occupation? Where do you come from? What's your country? And who are your people?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:9 - He said to them, "I am a Hebrew! And I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:10 - Hearing this, the men became even more afraid and said to him, "What have you done?" (The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape from the LORD, because he had previously told them.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:11 - Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:12 - He said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down, because I know it's my fault you are in this severe storm."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:13 - Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:14 - So they cried out to the LORD, "Oh, please, LORD, don't let us die on account of this man! Don't hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, LORD, have done just as you pleased."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:15 - So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:16 - The men feared the LORD greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - The Lord sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
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Jonah Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras