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Jonah Runs From God Quiz

Test how well you remember Jonah running from God, from Jonah 1-2. Each question is answered directly from the passage, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. Where did God tell Jonah to go?
    • Tarshish
    • Nineveh
    • Joppa
    • Jerusalem
  2. Where was the ship Jonah boarded going?
    • Egypt
    • Babylon
    • Nineveh
    • Tarshish
  3. What did the LORD send out into the sea?
    • A great wind
    • A pillar of fire
    • An army of ships
    • A plague of frogs
  4. What was Jonah doing during the storm?
    • Rowing with the sailors
    • Praying on the deck
    • Fast asleep in the sides of the ship
    • Steering the ship
  5. How did the sailors find out who was to blame for the storm?
    • They asked the shipmaster
    • They cast lots
    • They had a dream
    • They heard a voice from heaven
  6. What did Jonah tell the sailors about himself?
    • I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD
    • I am a prince of Nineveh
    • I am a merchant of Tarshish
    • I am a priest of the temple
  7. What did Jonah tell the sailors to do so the sea would be calm?
    • Turn the ship around
    • Throw out all the cargo
    • Pray to their gods
    • Cast him forth into the sea
  8. What happened when the sailors threw Jonah overboard?
    • The ship broke apart
    • The storm grew worse
    • The sea ceased from her raging
    • Lightning struck the mast
  9. How long was Jonah in the belly of the fish?
    • Three days and three nights
    • Seven days
    • Forty days and forty nights
    • One night
  10. How did Jonah's prayer from the fish's belly end?
    • Let me die
    • Send me to Tarshish
    • Remember me, O LORD
    • Salvation is of the LORD

Jonah Runs From God Quiz Answers & Bible References

Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.

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  1. Where did God tell Jonah to go?

    Nineveh

    Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

    jonah 1:2 (KJV)

  2. Where was the ship Jonah boarded going?

    Tarshish

    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.

    jonah 1:3 (KJV)

  3. What did the LORD send out into the sea?

    A great wind

    But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

    jonah 1:4 (KJV)

  4. What was Jonah doing during the storm?

    Fast asleep in the sides of the ship

    Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

    jonah 1:5 (KJV)

  5. How did the sailors find out who was to blame for the storm?

    They cast lots

    And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

    jonah 1:7 (KJV)

  6. What did Jonah tell the sailors about himself?

    I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD

    And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

    jonah 1:9 (KJV)

  7. What did Jonah tell the sailors to do so the sea would be calm?

    Cast him forth into the sea

    And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

    jonah 1:12 (KJV)

  8. What happened when the sailors threw Jonah overboard?

    The sea ceased from her raging

    So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

    jonah 1:15 (KJV)

  9. How long was Jonah in the belly of the fish?

    Three days and three nights

    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.

    jonah 1:17 (KJV)

  10. How did Jonah's prayer from the fish's belly end?

    Salvation is of the LORD

    But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

    jonah 2:9 (KJV)