Passage

Jonah 1.17

Book: Jonah · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"15. So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. 16. Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows."

"17. And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." (Jonah 1:15-17, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"15. So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging. 16. Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows."

"17. Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." (Jonah 1:15-17, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"15. So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. ^{ceased: Heb. stood} 16. Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. ^{offered: Heb. sacrifice unto the LORD, and vowed vows}"

"17. 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. ^{belly: Heb. bowels}" (Jonah 1:15-17, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"15. And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging; 16. and the men fear Jehovah, a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vow vows."

"17. And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights." (Jonah 1:15-17, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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