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Jonah 1 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:1 - Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:2 - Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - But Jonas rose up to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:4 - And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonas was gone down into the [fn]hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snorest thou? arise, and call upon thy God, that God may save us, and we perish not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:7 - And each man said to his neighbour, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - And they said to him, Tell us [fn]what is thine occupation, and whence comest thou, and of what country and what people art thou?

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:10 - Then the men feared exceedingly, and said to him, What is this that thou hast done? for the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:11 - And they said to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea [fn]rose, and lifted its wave exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:12 - And Jonas said to them, Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:13 - And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea [fn]rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:14 - And they cried to the Lord, and said, [fn]Forbid it, Lord: let us not perish for the sake of this man's life, and bring not righteous blood upon us: for thou, Lord, hast done as thou wouldest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:15 - So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:16 - And the men feared the Lord very greatly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and vowed vows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - (LXX 2:1) Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.
BES Footnotes
Lit. hollow.
Alex. + 'for those whose cause this evil is upon us'.
Gr. went.
Lit. went and rose up more.
Gr. by no means. See Acts 10:14.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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