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Jonah 1 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:1 - And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:2 - Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:4 - And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:7 - And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:9 - And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:10 - And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:11 - And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:12 - And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:13 - And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:14 - So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:15 - So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:16 - Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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