Jonah 1:5

And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonah was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken.

6And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snorest thou? arise, and call upon thy God, that God may save us, and we perish not.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:3And he took with him three thousand men, chosen out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in front of Saddaeem.

Job 2:4And the devil answered and said to the Lord, 1 Skin for skin, 1 All that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life. 1

Psalms 148:8Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; 1 The things that perform his word. 1

Isaiah 44:17And the rest he makes a graven god, and worships, and prays, saying, Deliver me; for thou art my God.

Jeremiah 2:28And where are thy gods, which thou madest for thyself? will they arise and save in the time of thine affliction? for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they sacrificed to Baal.

Jonah 1:6And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snorest thou? arise, and call upon thy God, that God may save us, and we perish not.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 1:5-11

The Prophet in the Storm; The Prophet Convicted by the Lot. ( b. c. 840.) 4 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. 5 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. 6 So the ship-master came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O… Read the whole commentary →

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