Jonah 1:14

Wherefore they cried unto Hashem, and said, We beseech Thee, Hashem, we beseech Thee, let us not perish for this manʼs nefesh, and lay not upon us dahm naki (innocent blood); for Thou, Hashem, hast done just as it pleased Thee.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the yabashah; but they could not: for the yam did rage, and was tempestuous against them.

15So they took up Yonah, and cast him forth into the yam; + 1:15 See Isa 53:5,8; Mt 12:39-40; 16:4 and the yam ceased from her raging.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Shofech dahm (one who sheddeth manʼs blood), 1 by man shall his dahm be shed; 1 for in the tzelem Elohim 1 made He man.

Psalms 107:28Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, 1 and He brought them out of their distresses. 1

Psalms 135:6Whatsoever Hashem pleases, that He does 1 in Shomayim, and in HaAretz, 1 in HaYam, and kol tehomot. 1

Daniel 4:34Now I Nevukhadnetzar praise and extol and honor the Melech HaShomayim, all Whose works are emes, and His ways mishpat; and those that walk in ga'avah (pride) He is able to abase.

Jonah 1:16Then the men feared Hashem with a yirah gedolah, and offered a sacrifice unto Hashem, and vowed nedarim.

Acts 28:4And when the natives saw it hanging from his hand, they were saying to one another, Surely this man is a rotzeach (murderer); for though he was brought safely from the sea, Yashrus (Justice) did not allow 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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