Jonah 1:16
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
In Context
15So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Cross References
Genesis 8:20And Noah built an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Judges 13:16And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of your bread: and if you will offer a burnt offering, you must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
Job 37:24Men do therefore fear him: he respects not any that are wise of heart.
Psalms 66:13I will go into your house with burnt offerings: I will pay you my vows,
Psalms 116:14I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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 →