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He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that <i>was</i> in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that <i>were</i> in the ship into the sea, to lighten <i>it</i> of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this trouble <i>has come</i> upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil <i>is</i> upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then they said to him, “Please tell us! For whose cause <i>is</i> this trouble upon us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil <i>is</i> upon us; What <i>is</i> thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what <i>is</i> thy country? and of what people <i>art</i> thou?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So he said to them, “I <i>am</i> a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry <i>land.</i>”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said unto them, I <i>am</i> an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry <i>land</i>.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “Why have you done this?” For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you that the sea may be calm for us?”—for the sea was growing more tempestuous.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will become calm for you. For I know that this great tempest <i>is</i> because of me.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest <i>is</i> upon you.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring <i>it</i> to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore they cried out to the LORD and said, “We pray, O LORD, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O LORD, have done as it pleased You.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the LORD and took vows.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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