| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai:" | 1The LORD said to Jonah son of Amittai, |
| 2Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me." | 2"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention." |
| 3However, Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the LORD's presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, from the LORD's presence. | 3Instead, Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the commission of the LORD. He traveled to Joppa and found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard it to go with them to Tarshish far away from the LORD. |
| 4Then the LORD hurled a violent wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart. | 4But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up! |
| 5The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his god. They threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten the load. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel and had stretched out and fallen into a deep sleep. | 5The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep. |
| 6The captain approached him and said, "What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god. Maybe this god will consider us, and we won't perish."" | 6The ship's captain approached him and said, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!" |
| 7Come on!" the sailors said to each other. "Let's cast lots. Then we'll know who is to blame for this trouble we're in." So they cast lots, and the lot singled out Jonah. | 7The sailors said to one another, "Come on, let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us." So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out. |
| 8Then they said to him, "Tell us who is to blame for this trouble we're in. What is your business and where are you from? What is your country and what people are you from?" | 8They said to him, "Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What's your occupation? Where do you come from? What's your country? And who are your people?" |
| 9He answered them, "I'm a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land." | 9He said to them, "I am a Hebrew! And I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land." |
| 10Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, "What is this you've done?" The men knew he was fleeing from the LORD's presence, because he had told them. | 10Hearing this, the men became even more afraid and said to him, "What have you done?" (The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape from the LORD, because he had previously told them.) |
| 11So they said to him, "What should we do to you to calm this sea that's against us?" For the sea was getting worse and worse. | 11Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?" |
| 12He answered them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea so it may quiet down for you, for I know that I'm to blame for this violent storm that is against you." | 12He said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down, because I know it's my fault you are in this severe storm." |
| 13Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they couldn't because the sea was raging against them more and more. | 13Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse. |
| 14So they called out to the LORD: "Please, Yahweh, don't let us perish because of this man's life, and don't charge us with innocent blood! For You, Yahweh, have done just as You pleased." | 14So they cried out to the LORD, "Oh, please, LORD, don't let us die on account of this man! Don't hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, LORD, have done just as you pleased." |
| 15Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. | 15So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. |
| 16The men feared the LORD even more, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows. | 16The men feared the LORD greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the Lord. |
| 17Now the LORD had appointed a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the fish three days and three nights. | 17The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights. |
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