Jonah 1:7-17

English Standard Version (Chapter 1)

7 And they said to one another, “Come, let us ncast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. 8 Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”

And they said to one another:

Come, let us cast lots

That we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us

So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah

Then they said to him:

Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us

What is your occupation

Where do you come from

What is your country

What people are you?”

English Standard Version (Chapter 1)

9 And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear othe LORD, the God of heaven, pwho made the sea and the dry land.”

He said to them:

I am a Hebrew

I fear the LORD

The God of heaven

Who made the sea and the dry land.

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10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, “What is this that you have done!” For the men knew that hhe was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him:

What is this that you have done

For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them

Then they said to him:

What shall we do to you

That the sea may quiet down for us

For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

English Standard Version (Chapter 1)

12 He said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, qfor I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”

He said to them:

Pick me up and hurl me into the sea

Then the sea will quiet down for you for

I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.

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13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard2 to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

Nevertheless, the men:

Rowed hard to get back to dry land

But they could not

For the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

English Standard Version (Chapter 1)

14 Therefore they called out to the LORD, “O LORD, let us not perish for this man’s life, and rlay not on us innocent blood, sfor you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you.” 15 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, tand the sea ceased from its raging. 16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, uand they offered a sacrifice to the LORD vand made vows.

Therefore they called out to the LORD:

O LORD, let us not perish for this man’s life

Lay not on us innocent blood

For you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you

So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea

The sea ceased from its raging

Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly,

They offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.

English Standard Version (Chapter 1)

17 3 And the LORD appointed

A great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

And the LORD appointed:

A great fish to swallow up Jonah

Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.