Other Translations of Jonah 1:1
King James Version
Jonah Flees from the LORD
11 Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah Jonah: Gr. Jonas the son of Amittai, saying,
English Standard Version
Jonah Flees from the LORD
11 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
The Message
Jonah Flees from the LORD
11 One day long ago, God's Word came to Jonah, Amittai's son:
New King James Version
Jonah Flees from the LORD
11 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
New Living Translation
Jonah Flees from the LORD
11 The Lord gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai:
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jonah 1:1
Commentary on Jonah 1:1-3
(Read Jonah 1:1-3)
It is sad to think how much sin is committed in great cities. Their wickedness, as that of Nineveh, is a bold and open affront to God. Jonah must go at once to Nineveh, and there, on the spot, cry against the wickedness of it. Jonah would not go. Probably there are few among us who would not have tried to decline such a mission. Providence seemed to give him an opportunity to escape; we may be out of the way of duty, and yet may meet with a favourable gale. The ready way is not always the right way. See what the best of men are, when God leaves them to themselves; and what need we have, when the word of the Lord comes to us, to have the Spirit of the Lord to bring every thought within us into obedience.