Jonah 1 (NET)

Jonah 1:1¹The Lord’ s message came to Jonah son of Amittai,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 11:32Luke 11:29-302 Kgs 14:25Matt 16:4Matt 12:39-41

Jonah 1:2²“Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 18:20-21Gen 10:11Isa 58:1Nah 1:1Jonah 3:2Jonah 4:11Zeph 2:13-15Ezek 3:5-9Jer 1:7-10Rev 18:5

Jonah 1:3³Instead, 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 139:7-12Gen 4:16Josh 19:462 Thess 1:9Acts 9:36Acts 9:431 Kgs 19:3Isa 23:1Isa 23:6Jonah 4:2

Jonah 1:4⁴But the Lord hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 107:23-31Matt 8:24-27Amos 4:13Exod 14:21Ps 135:7Exod 10:19Exod 15:10Num 11:31Acts 27:13-20Exod 10:13

Jonah 1:5⁵The 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:18-19Jer 2:281 Kgs 18:26Isa 45:20Jonah 1:6Judg 16:19Luke 22:45-461 Sam 24:3Acts 27:38Hos 7:14

Jonah 1:6⁶The 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!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jonah 3:9Ps 107:28-292 Sam 12:22Eph 5:14Mark 4:37-41Ps 107:12-13Acts 21:13Amos 5:15Joel 2:11Ps 107:6

Jonah 1:7⁷The 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:33Josh 7:13-181 Sam 10:20-211 Sam 14:41-42Acts 13:19Josh 7:10Num 32:23Isa 41:6-7Matt 27:35Ps 22:18

Jonah 1:8⁸They 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?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 47:31 Sam 30:13Jas 5:16Josh 7:191 Sam 14:43

Jonah 1:9⁹He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 146:5-6Neh 9:6Ps 136:26Ps 95:5-6Neh 1:4Gen 14:132 Kgs 17:252 Kgs 17:282 Kgs 17:32-35Acts 14:15

Jonah 1:10¹⁰Hearing 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. )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jonah 1:3Job 27:222 Sam 24:3Dan 5:6-9John 19:8Josh 7:25

Jonah 1:11¹¹Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him, “What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 6:2-32 Sam 21:1-6Mic 6:6-72 Sam 24:11-13

Jonah 1:12¹²He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 24:171 Chr 21:17Josh 7:12John 11:50Acts 27:24Eccl 9:18Josh 7:20-21

Jonah 1:13¹³Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:30Job 34:29

Jonah 1:14¹⁴So 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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 115:3Ps 135:6Deut 21:8Eph 1:11Ps 107:28Dan 4:34-35Jonah 1:16Jonah 1:5Matt 11:26Acts 28:4

Jonah 1:15¹⁵So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:24Ps 93:3-4Ps 107:29Ps 89:9Matt 8:26Ps 65:7Josh 7:24-262 Sam 21:8-9

Jonah 1:16¹⁶The men feared the Lord greatly and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 6:26Ps 116:14Gen 8:20Ps 107:22Ps 50:14Acts 5:11Dan 4:34-37Isa 26:9Isa 60:5-7Jonah 1:10

Jonah 1:17¹⁷(2:1) The Lord sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 12:40Luke 11:30Matt 16:4Ps 104:25-26Hab 3:2Jonah 4:6Gen 1:21