Jonah 1:14

So they cried to the Lord and said, “We beg you, Lord, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t let us be guilty of shedding innocent blood, for you are the Lord; you have done as it pleases you.”

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In The King James Version

Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

In Context

13But instead the men rowed hard to get back to the land; they could not, however, for the sea grew more and more stormy ahead.

15And they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea became calm.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds a person’s blood, by people will their blood be shed; for God made people in his own image.

Psalms 107:28Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.

Psalms 135:6All that he wills he does in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all the abysses.

Jonah 1:16Then the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice and made vows to him.

Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Evidently this man is a murderer, for though he has been saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him 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 →

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