Jonah 1:14
And they cry unto Jehovah, and say, 'We pray Thee, O Jehovah, let us not, we pray Thee, perish for this man's life, and do not lay on us innocent blood, for Thou, Jehovah, as Thou hast pleased, Thou hast done.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging;
Cross References
Genesis 9:6whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
Psalms 107:28And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out.
Psalms 135:6All that Jehovah pleased He hath done, In the heavens and in earth, In the seas and all deep places,
Daniel 4:34'And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes to the heavens have lifted up, and mine understanding unto me returneth, and the Most High I have blessed, and the Age-during Living One I have praised and honoured, whose dominion [is] a dominion age-during, and His kingdom with generation and generation;
Jonah 1:16and the men fear Jehovah — a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vow vows.
Acts 28:4And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, 'Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer 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 →