Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
WEB
And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
YLT
And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land.
DBT
And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJonah — A reluctant prophet fleeing from Nineveh, a storm, a great fish, a repentant city, and a bush. The only prophet whose book is entirely narrative — and whose complaint against God's mercy is the book's real subject.
- Author
- The book is anonymous; Jonah son of Amittai is the subject (1:1; cf. 2 Kings 14:25)
- Date
- Jonah's historical ministry c. 8th c. BC under Jeroboam II; book's composition disputed