Whales

And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.

for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.

A sea-<FI> monster<Fi> am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying: — read the full passage →

`Son of man, lift up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and thou hast said unto him: A young lion of nations thou hast been like, And thou <FI>art<Fi> as a dragon in the seas, And thou comest forth with thy flowings, And dost trouble the waters with thy feet, And thou dost foul their flowings.

On lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon.

Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down--his tongue?

Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying:

Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-<FI> monster<Fi> , Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,

In whose hand <FI>is<Fi> the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'

And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish. — read the full passage →

And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.

he saith--who is testifying these things--`Yes, I come quickly!' Amen! Yes, be coming, Lord Jesus!

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

When Thou dost cast me <FI>into<Fi> the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.

Speak, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt! The great dragon that is crouching in the midst of his floods, Who hath said, My flood <FI>is<Fi> my own, And I--I have made it <FI>for<Fi> myself.

Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us <FI>as<Fi> an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.

Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

Is not God high <FI>in<Fi> heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

and Joab giveth the account of the inspection of the people unto the king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing sword, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men.

The poison of dragons <FI>is<Fi> their wine And the fierce venom of asps.

for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

If I ascend the heavens--there Thou <FI>art<Fi> , And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?

Lo--unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.

He hath brought back the border of Israel, from the entering in of Hamath unto the sea of the desert, according to the word of Jehovah, God of Israel, that He spake by the hand of His servant Jonah son of Amittai the prophet, who <FI> is<Fi> of Gath-Hepher,

His honour <FI>is<Fi> a firstling of his ox, And his horns <FI>are<Fi> horns of a reem; By them peoples he doth push together To the ends of earth; And they <FI>are<Fi> the myriads of Ephraim, And they <FI>are<Fi> the thousands of Manasseh.

and they heard a great voice out of the heaven saying to them, `Come up hither;' and they went up to the heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them;

And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam--Enoch--saying, `Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads,

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

`A generation evil and adulterous doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away.

And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better <FI>is<Fi> my death than my life.'

And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down <FI>to<Fi> Joppa, and findeth a ship going <FI>to<Fi> Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.

And Joab giveth the account of the numbering of the people unto David, and all Israel is a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand, each drawing sword, and Judah <FI>is<Fi> four hundred and seventy thousand, each drawing sword.