Jonah 1:5

The sailors were very frightened. Because of that, they each started to pray to their own gods to save them. Then they threw the cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter in order that it would not sink easily.

Translation for Translators

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

4Then Yahweh caused a very strong wind to blow, and there was such a violent storm that the sailors thought the ship would break apart.

6Then the captain went down to where Jonah was sleeping soundly. He awoke him and said to him, “◄How can you sleep during a storm like this?/You should not be sleeping during a storm like this► [RHQ]! Get up and pray to your god! Perhaps he will pity us and save us, in order that we will not drown!” But Jonah refused to do that.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:3At a place where the road was alongside some sheep pens, Saul left the road and entered a cave to defecate [EUP]. He did not know that David and his men were hiding further inside that same cave!

Job 2:4Satan replied to Yahweh, “He praises you only because you bless him [IDM]. People will give up everything they have to save their own lives.

Psalms 148:8and fire and hail, and snow and frost, and strong winds that obey what he commands, I tell all of you to praise Yahweh!

Isaiah 44:17Then he takes the rest of the wood and makes an idol which is his god. He bows down to it and worships it, and prays to it and says, “You are my god, so save me!”

Jeremiah 2:28Why do you not [RHQ] cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities and towns in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters?

Jonah 1:6Then the captain went down to where Jonah was sleeping soundly. He awoke him and said to him, “◄How can you sleep during a storm like this?/You should not be sleeping during a storm like this► [RHQ]! Get up and pray to your god! Perhaps he will pity us and save us, in order that we will not drown!” But Jonah refused to do that.

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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