Jonah 1:16
And the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
In Context
15And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
Cross References
Genesis 8:20And Noah built an altar to Jehovah; and took of every clean animal, and of all clean fowl, and offered up burnt-offerings on the altar.
Judges 13:16And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Though thou shouldest detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou shalt offer it up to Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the Angel of Jehovah.
Job 37:24Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Psalms 66:13I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will perform my vows to thee,
Psalms 116:14I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people.
Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Jonah 1:12-17
The Prophet Confesses His Folly; The Prophet Reads His Own Doom; The Prophet Cast into the Sea; Jonah's Preservation in the Fish's Belly. ( b. c. 840.) 11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. 12 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. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they… Read the whole commentary →