Jonah 1:14
Wherefore they cryed vnto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let vs not perish for this mans life, and lay not vpon vs innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done, as it pleased thee.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
15So they tooke vp Ionah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Who so sheadeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God hath he made man.
Psalms 107:28Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresse.
Psalms 135:6Whatsoeuer pleased the Lord, that did hee in heauen and in earth, in the sea, and in all the depths.
Daniel 4:34Now therefore I Nebuchad-nezzar prayse and extoll and magnifie the King of heauen, whose workes are all trueth, and his wayes iudgement, and those that walke in pride, he is able to abase.
Jonah 1:16Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice vnto the Lord, and made vowes.
Acts 28:4Nowe when ye Barbarians saw the worme hang on his hand, they said among themselues, This man surely is a murtherer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hath not suffered to liue.
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 →