Jonah 1 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Jonah Flees from Yahweh’s Presence

1 Now the word ^H1697 of [fn]Yahweh ^H3068 came ^H1961 to Jonah ^H3124 the son ^H1121 of Amittai ^H573 saying ^H559,

2 “Arise ^H6965, go ^H1980 to Nineveh ^H5210, the great ^H1419 city ^H5892, and call ^H7121 out ^H7121 against ^H5921 it, for their evil ^H7451 has come ^H5927 up ^H5927 before ^H6440 Me.” 3 Yet Jonah ^H3124 arose ^H6965 to flee ^H1272 to Tarshish ^H8659 from the presence ^H6440 of Yahweh ^H3068. So he went ^H3381 down ^H3381 to Joppa ^H3305, found ^H4672 a ship ^H591 which was going ^H935 to Tarshish ^H8659, and [fn]paid ^H5414 its fare ^H7939 and went ^H3381 down ^H3381 into it to go ^H935 with them to Tarshish ^H8659 from the presence ^H6440 of Yahweh ^H3068.

4 But Yahweh ^H3068 hurled ^H2904 a great ^H1419 wind ^H7307 on the sea ^H3220, and there was a great ^H1419 storm ^H5591 on the sea ^H3220 so that the ship ^H591 gave ^H2803 thought ^H2803 to [fn]breaking ^H7665 apart. 5 Then the sailors ^H4419 became ^H3372 fearful ^H3372, and every ^H376 man ^H376 cried ^H2199 to his god ^H430, and they hurled ^H2904 the [fn]cargo ^H3627 which ^H834 was in the ship ^H591 into the sea ^H3220 to lighten ^H7043 it [fn]for them. But Jonah ^H3124 had gone ^H3381 down ^H3381 below into the innermost ^H3411 part ^H3411 of the vessel ^H5600, lain ^H7901 down ^H7901, and fallen ^H7290 deep ^H7290 asleep ^H7290. 6 So the captain ^H7227 H2259 came ^H7126 near ^H7126 to him and said ^H559 to him, “How ^H4100 is it that you are deeply sleeping ^H7290? Arise ^H6965, call ^H7121 on your god ^H430. Perhaps ^H194 your god ^H430 will be concerned ^H6245 about us so that we will not perish ^H6.”

7 Then each ^H376 man ^H376 said ^H559 to the other ^H7453, “Come ^H1980, let us [fn]have the lots ^H1486 fall ^H5307 so we may know ^H3045 on whose ^H4310 account ^H7945 this ^H2088 calamitous evil ^H7451 has struck us.” So they [fn]had the lots ^H1486 fall ^H5307, and the lot ^H1486 fell ^H5307 on Jonah ^H3124. 8 Then they said ^H559 to him, “Tell ^H5046 us, now ^H4994! On whose ^H4310 account has this ^H2088 calamitous evil ^H7451 struck us? What ^H4100 is your occupation ^H4399? And where ^H370 do you come ^H935 from? What ^H4100 is your country ^H776? From what ^H335 H2088 people ^H5971 are you?” 9 And he said ^H559 to them, “I am a Hebrew ^H5680, and I fear ^H3372 Yahweh ^H3068, the God ^H430 of heaven ^H8064, who ^H834 made ^H6213 the sea ^H3220 and the dry ^H3004 land ^H3004.”

10 Then the men ^H376 became ^H3372 greatly ^H3374 H1419 fearful ^H3372, and they said ^H559 to him, “What ^H4100 is this ^H2088 you have done ^H6213?” For the men ^H376 knew ^H3045 that he was fleeing ^H1272 from the presence ^H6440 of Yahweh ^H3068 because ^H3588 he had told ^H5046 them. 11 So they said ^H559 to him, “What ^H4100 should we do ^H6213 to you that the sea ^H3220 may become ^H8367 quiet ^H8367 [fn]for us?”—for the sea ^H3220 was becoming ^H1980 increasingly ^H1980 stormy ^H5590. 12 So he said ^H559 to them, “Lift ^H5375 me up ^H5375 and hurl ^H2904 me into the sea ^H3220. Then the sea ^H3220 will become ^H8367 quiet ^H8367 [fn]for you, for I know ^H3045 that on account ^H7945 of me this ^H2088 great ^H1419 storm ^H5591 has come upon you.” 13 However, the men ^H376 [fn]rowed ^H2864 desperately to return ^H7725 to dry ^H3004 land ^H3004, but they could ^H3201 not, for the sea ^H3220 was becoming ^H1980 increasingly ^H1980 stormy ^H5590 against ^H5921 them. 14 Then they called ^H7121 on Yahweh ^H3068 and said ^H559, “Ah ^H577! O Yahweh ^H3068, we earnestly ^H4994 pray ^H4994, do not let us perish ^H6 on account of this ^H2088 man’s ^H376 life ^H5315, and do not put ^H5414 innocent ^H5355 blood ^H1818 on us; for You, O Yahweh ^H3068, as You have pleased ^H2654 You have done ^H6213.”

15 So they lifted ^H5375 Jonah ^H3124 up ^H5375 and hurled ^H2904 him into the sea ^H3220, and the sea ^H3220 stood ^H5975 still from its raging ^H2197. 16 Then the men ^H376 greatly ^H1419 feared ^H3372 Yahweh ^H3068, and they offered ^H2076 a sacrifice ^H2077 to Yahweh ^H3068 and made ^H5087 vows ^H5088.

17 [fn]And Yahweh ^H3068 appointed ^H4487 a great ^H1419 fish ^H1709 to swallow ^H1104 Jonah ^H3124, and Jonah ^H3124 was in the stomach ^H4578 of the fish ^H1709 three ^H7969 days ^H3117 and three ^H7969 nights ^H3915.