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Polyglot Bible: Jonah: Jonah 1

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This is a parallel Scripture presentation of Jonah chapter 1, displaying four ancient versions of the same biblical text side by side: the King James Version (English), the Septuagint (ancient Greek translation, abbreviated "Sep"), the Tanakh (Hebrew original, abbreviated "Tan"), and the Latin Vulgate (Jerome's 4th-century translation, abbreviated "Vul"). The chapter narrates God's command to the prophet Jonah to preach against the wicked city of Nineveh, his flight by sea toward Tarshish to escape God's presence, and the storm God sends that threatens the sailors' lives. The sailors cast lots to identify the culprit, the lot falls on Jonah, and he confesses his identity as a Hebrew fleeing YHWH — the God who made sea and dry land — after which he instructs them to throw him overboard. The chapter closes with Jonah cast into the sea (which immediately calms), the pagan sailors offering sacrifices and vows to YHWH in awe, and God preparing a great fish to swallow Jonah for three days and nights. The presentation is notable for its inclusion of Strong's Concordance reference numbers embedded within the KJV text, marking the underlying Hebrew lexical roots, making this a study-Bible format aimed at readers doing word-level textual or linguistic comparison across traditions.

Polyglot Bible: Jonah: Jonah 1

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