The Book of Jonah
The Old Testament, KJVAlso known as
Jonah and the Whale; Jonah and the Big Fish
First publication
c.400 BCE
Literature form
Story
Genres
Mythology
Writing language
Hebrew
Author's country
Israel
Length
Approx. 1,300 words (King James version)
Notable lines
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
— First lines, King James Version
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
— Last lines, King James Version
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