Jonah 1:14
And they cried to Jehovah, and said, We beseech thee, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for the life of this man, and lay not upon us innocent blood! For thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.
Cross References
Psalms 107:28Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses;
Psalms 135:6All that the LORD pleaseth, that he doeth, In heaven and upon earth, In the sea, and in all deeps.
Daniel 4:34But at the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and whose kingdom endureth from generation to generation.
Jonah 1:16Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered sacrifice to Jehovah, and made vows.
Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the animal hanging from his hand, they said to one another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom though he hath escaped the sea, Justice hath not permitted to live.
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 →