The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Jonah 1:9 (CSB)

He answered them, “I’m a Hebrew. I worship the Lord, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”

 

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Jonah 1:10 (CSB)

Then the men were seized by a great fear and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew he was fleeing from the Lord’s presence because he had told them.

 

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Jonah 1:11 (NIV)

The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”

 

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Jonah 1:12 (NIV)

“Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm
has come upon you.”

 

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Jonah 1:13 (NIV)

Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.

 

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Jonah 1:14 (NIV)

Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing
an innocent man, for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.”

 

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Jonah 1:15 (NIV)

Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.

 

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Jonah 1:16 (NIV)

At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him.

 

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Jonah 1:17 (NIV)

Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

 

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Jonah 2:1 (CSB)

Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish:

 

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Jonah 2:2 (CSB)

I called to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me. I cried out for help from deep inside Sheol; you heard my voice.

 

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Jonah 2:3 (NASB)

For You threw me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current flowed around me.
All Your breakers and waves passed over me.

 

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Jonah 2:4 (NASB)

So I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

 

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Jonah 2:5 (NASB)

Water encompassed me to the point of death.
The deep flowed around me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

 

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Jonah 2:6 (NASB)

I descended to the base of the mountains.
The earth with its bars was around me forever,
But You have brought up my life from the pit, Lord my God.

 

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Jonah 2:7 (NASB)

While I was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, And my prayer came to You, Into Your holy temple.

 

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Jonah 2:8 (NASB)

Those who are followers of worthless idols Abandon their faithfulness,

 

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Jonah 2:9 (NASB)

But I will sacrifice to You With a voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the Lord.”

 

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Jonah 2:10 (NASB)

Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

 

[Needevidence]

Jonah 2:7 (NASB)

While I was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, And my prayer came to You, Into Your holy temple.

There seems to be a big debate - did Jonah die or not - because of Matt 12:40 Jesus said as Jonah was 3 days / nights etc...- I have always understood that Jonah was always alive do you understand it the same?