Jonah 1 (New Century Version)  View In My Bible 1 The Lord spoke
his word to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Get up, go to the great
city of Nineveh, and preach against it, because I see the evil
things they do." 3 But Jonah got up to run away from the Lord by
going to Tarshish. He went to the city of Joppa, where he found
a ship that was going to the city of Tarshish. Jonah paid for
the trip and went aboard, planning to go to Tarshish to run away
from the Lord. 4 But the Lord sent a great wind on the sea,
which made the sea so stormy that the ship was in danger of
breaking apart. 5 The sailors were afraid, and each man cried to
his own god. They began throwing the cargo from the ship into
the sea to make the ship lighter. But Jonah had gone down far
inside the ship to lie down, and he fell fast asleep. 6 The
captain of the ship came and said, "Why are you sleeping? Get up
and pray to your god! Maybe your god will pay attention to us,
and we won't die!" 7 Then the men said to each other, "Let's
throw lots to see who