Dead Sea Scrolls Textual Critical Edition – Jonah

MurXII, Mas: to Tarshish. 4QXIIg reads תרשיש, omitting the final Hey (ה), which in Hebrew is used to indicate direction towards something; in this case, to the town of Tarshish.

4QXIIg: his gods (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling אלהיו.

4QXIIf, MurXII, Mas: the god (defective spelling). 4QXIIg has the plene spelling האלהים.

4QXIIa, 4QXIIf: and they cast (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoreitc have the defective spelling ויפלו.

4QXIIf, MurXII, Mas: lots (plene spelling). 4QXIIa has the defective spelling גרלות.

4QXIIg, MurXII, Mas: to him (plene spelling). 4QXIIa has the defective spelling אלו.

4QXIIg, MurXII, Mas: declare (plene spelling). 4QXIIa has the defective spelling הגד.

MurXII, Mas: because of whom (plene form). 4QXIIa has the defective form בשלמי.

4QXIIg, LXX: And what. 4QXIIa, MurXII and Masoretic read מה meaning What.

4QXIIa^(vid): and God of the earth. MurXII, Masoreitc and several LXX manuscripts omit. Several other LXX manuscripts contain meaning and the earth.

MurXII, Mas: was getting (plene spelling) 4QXIIf has the defective spelling הלך.

4QXIIg: your breakers (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling משבריך.

4QXIIg: your waves (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling וגליך.

4QXIIg: how (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling אך.

4QXIIg: your set-apart (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling קדשך.

4QXIIg: closed in (singular). MurXII and Masoretic read אפפוני which is the plural. Either could work, as the word מים can mean water or waters, so can have either a singular or plural verb in agreement with it.

4QXIIg: to you (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling אליך.

MurXII, Mas, LXX: my prayer, into your set-apart Temple. 4QXIIg omits this, possibly due to homoeoteleuton (אליכה תפלתי אל היכל קדשכה).

4QXIIg: Go (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling לך.

4QXIIs, LXX: according to this. MurXII and Masoretic omit.

4QXIIg: telling (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling דבר.

4QXIIg: to you (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling אליך.

4QXIIg: And stood up (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling ויקם.

MurXII: over. Masoretic has אל meaning towards, which is also possibly what the translation of in 8HevXIIgr and LXX is translating. However, the prepostition על can also mean upto, towards, which in Greek could be translated as as well. It is difficult to decide the original, though the Masoretic reading of אל is possibly a corrective-edit.

Hebrew reconstruction from 8HevXIIgr: - and He shall turn. The text is not extant in MurXII. Masoretic reads וישבו (with the LXX equivalent: ) meaning and they shall turn. There is change of meaning, in that it turns it from a collective repentance based on the man, to a repentence caused by God Himself.

4QXIIg: shelter (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling סכה.

MurXII, Mas, LXX: Yahweh God. 4QXIIg reads אדוני יהוה meaning Sovereign Yahweh.

MurXII, Mas: to rescue (plene spelling). 4QXIIg, surprisingly, has the defective spelling להצל.

MurXII, Mas, LXX: on the following. 4QXIIg adds היום after this, to give on the following day. There’s no change of meaning to the verse. The reading of 4QXIIg makes it more explicit.

4QXIIg: to you (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling לך.

4QXIIg: (plene spelling). MurXII and Masoretic have the defective spelling חסת.

MurXII, Mas: night. 4QXIIg has the alternative spelling לילי.