Jonah 1

Verse 1

WEB Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

KJV Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

TSK Jonah: 2ki 14:25, mt 12:39, mt 16:4, lu 11:29,30,32

Verse 2

WEB “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

KJV Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

TSK Nineveh: jon 3:2, jon 4:11, ge 10:11, 2ki 19:36, na 1:1, na 2:1-3, zep 2:13-15; cry: jon 3:2, isa 58:1, jer 1:7-10, eze 2:7, eze 3:5-9, mic 3:8, mt 10:18; for: ge 18:20,21, ezr 9:6, jas 5:4, re 18:5

Verse 3

WEB But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.

KJV 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.

TSK to flee: jon 4:2, ex 4:13,14, 1ki 19:3,9, jer 20:7-9, eze 3:14, lu 9:62, ac 15:38, ac 26:19, 1co 9:16; from: ge 3:8, ge 4:16, job 1:12, job 2:7, ps 139:7-12, 2th 1:9; Joppa: jos 19:46, 2ch 2:16, ac 9:36; Tarshish: isa 2:16, isa 23:1,6,10, isa 60:9, eze 27:12

Verse 4

WEB But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

KJV 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.

TSK the Lord: ex 10:13,19, ex 14:21, ex 15:10, nu 11:31, ps 107:24-31, ps 135:7, am 4:13, mt 8:24-27, ac 27:13-20

Verse 5

WEB Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

KJV Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

TSK cried: jon 1:6,14,16, 1ki 18:26, isa 44:17-20, isa 45:20, jer 2:28, ho 7:14; and cast: job 2:4, ac 27:18,19,38, php 3:7,8; the sides: 1sa 24:3; and was: jud 16:19, mt 25:5, mt 26:40,41,43,45, lu 22:45,46

Verse 6

WEB So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”

KJV 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.

TSK What: isa 3:15, eze 18:2, ac 21:13, ro 13:11, eph 5:14; arise: ps 78:34, ps 107:6,12,13,18-20,28,29, jer 2:27,28, mr 4:37-41; if: jon 3:9, 2sa 12:22, es 4:16, joe 2:11, am 5:15

Verse 7

WEB They all said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

KJV And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

TSK every: jud 7:13,14, isa 41:6,7; and let: jos 7:14-18, jud 20:9,10, 1sa 10:20,21, 1sa 14:41,42, es 3:7, ps 22:18, pr 16:33, mt 27:35, ac 1:23-26, ac 13:19; for: jos 7:10,13, jos 22:16-20, 1sa 14:38,39, job 10:2; and the: nu 32:23, jos 7:18, 1co 4:5

Verse 8

WEB Then they asked him, “Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?”

KJV Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

TSK Tell: jos 7:19, 1sa 14:43, jas 5:16; What is thine: ge 47:3, 1sa 30:13

Verse 9

WEB He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.”

KJV And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

TSK I am: ge 14:13, ge 39:14, php 3:5; and I: 2ki 17:25,28,32-35, job 1:9, ho 3:5, ac 27:23, re 15:4; the God: ezr 1:2, ezr 5:11, ezr 7:12,13, ne 1:4, ne 2:4, ps 136:26, da 2:18,19,44, re 11:13, re 16:11; which: ne 9:6, ps 95:5,6, ps 146:5,6, ac 14:15, ac 17:23-25

Verse 10

WEB Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

KJV 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.

TSK were: joh 19:8; exceedingly afraid: da 5:6-9; Why: jos 7:25, 2sa 24:3; he fled: jon 1:3, job 27:22

Verse 11

WEB Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy.

KJV 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.

TSK What: 1sa 6:2,3, 2sa 21:1-6, 2sa 24:11-13, mic 6:6,7

Verse 12

WEB He said to them, “Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.”

KJV 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 is upon you.

TSK Take: 2sa 24:17, joh 11:50; for: jos 7:12,20,21, 1ch 21:17, ec 9:18, ac 27:24

Verse 13

WEB Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

KJV Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

TSK but: job 34:29, pr 21:30

Verse 14

WEB Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.”

KJV 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.

TSK they: jon 1:5,16, ps 107:28, isa 26:16; let: ge 9:6, de 21:8, ac 28:4; for: ps 115:3, ps 135:6, da 4:34,35, mt 11:26, eph 1:9,11

Verse 15

WEB So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.

KJV So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

TSK they: jos 7:24-26, 2sa 21:8,9; and the: ps 89:9, ps 93:3,4, ps 107:29, mt 8:26, lu 8:24

Verse 16

WEB Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.

KJV Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.

TSK feared: jon 1:10, isa 26:9, da 4:34-37, da 6:26, mr 4:31, ac 5:11; offered, etc: ge 8:20, jud 13:16, 2ki 5:17, ps 107:22, isa 60:5-7; made: ge 28:20, ps 50:14, ps 66:13-16, ps 116:14, ec 5:4

Verse 17

WEB Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

KJV 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.

TSK the Lord: jon 4:6, ge 1:21, ps 104:25,26, hab 3:2; in: mt 12:40, mt 16:4, lu 11:30