Jonah 1:14
Then cried they unto Yahweh, and said, Ah now, Yahweh, pray let it not be that we perish for this man’s life, neither lay upon us innocent blood,—for, thou, O Yahweh, as thou hast pleased, hast ever done.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15So they took up Jonah and hurled him into the sea,—and the sea, left off, her roaring.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,—For, in the image of God, made he man.
Psalms 107:28Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he bringeth them forth,
Psalms 135:6Whatsoever Yahweh hath pleased, he hath done,—in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas, and all resounding deeps:
Daniel 4:34And, at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes unto the heavens, did uplift, and, mine understanding, unto me, returned, and, the Most High, I blessed, and, to him that liveth age-abidingly, I rendered praise and honour,—whose dominion, is an age-abiding dominion, and, his kingdom, lasteth from generation to generation;
Jonah 1:16Then did the men revere Yahweh with a great reverence,—and offered sacrifice to Yahweh, and vowed vows.
Acts 28:4And, when the natives saw the brute hanging out from his hand, they began to say, one to another—Doubtless, this man is, a murderer, whom, though brought safely through out of the sea, Justice, hath not suffered, 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 →