Jonah 1:16
And the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and sacrificed victims to the Lord, and made vows.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 Jonas, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from raging.
Cross References
Genesis 8:20And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar.
Judges 13:16And the angel answered him: If thou press me, I will not eat of thy bread: but if thou wilt offer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord. And Manue knew not it was the angel of the Lord.
Job 37:24Therefore men shall fear him, and all that seem to themselves to be wise, shall not dare to behold him.
Psalms 66:13I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Psalms 116:14I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:
Isaiah 26:9My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.
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 →