Jonah 1:16
and the men fear YHWH [with] a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to YHWH, and vow vows.
Literal Standard Version
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 lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceases from its raging;
Cross References
Genesis 8:20And Noah builds an altar to YHWH, and takes from every clean beast and from every clean bird, and causes burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar;
Judges 13:16And the Messenger of YHWH says to Manoah, “If you detain Me—I do not eat of your bread; and if you prepare a burnt-offering—offer it to YHWH”; for Manoah has not known that He [is] the Messenger of YHWH.
Job 37:24Therefore men fear Him, || He does not see any of the wise of heart.”
Psalms 66:13I enter Your house with burnt-offerings, || I complete my vows to You,
Psalms 116:14Let me complete my vows to YHWH, || Now, before all His people.
Isaiah 26:9I desired You in the night [with] my soul, || Also, I seek You earnestly [with] my spirit within me, || For when Your judgments [are] on the earth, || The inhabitants of the world have learned 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 →