Jonah 1:3
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- to flee
- Jonah 4:2; Exodus 4:13, 14; 1 Kings 19:3, 9; Jeremiah 20:7–9; Ezekiel 3:14; Luke 9:62; Acts 15:38; 1 Corinthians 9:16
- from
- Genesis 3:8; Genesis 4:16; Job 1:12; Job 2:7; Psalm 139:7–12; 2 Thessalonians 1:9
- Joppa
- Joshua 19:46; 2 Chronicles 2:16; Acts 9:36
- Tarshish
- As Jonah embarked at Joppa, a seaport on the Mediterranean, it was probably either Tarsus in Cilicia, or rather Tartessus in Spain, to which he intended to flee. When we reflect how such a message would be received in the streets of London at this day, we shall not wonder at the prophet's reluctance to announce the destruction of the proud and idolatrous Nineveh.
- Isaiah 2:16; Isaiah 23:1, 6, 10; Isaiah 60:9; Ezekiel 27:12