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Jonah 1:14 KJV
Jonah · chapter 1 · verse 14
Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.Jonah 1:14 · King James Version
Jonah 1:14 in context
12And 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.
13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
14Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
16Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
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Key words (Strong's)
- innocentnâqîyinnocentH5355 →
- perishʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- criedqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- man'sʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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It is plain that Jonah is the man for whose sake this evil is upon them, but the discovery of him to be so was not sufficient to answer the demands of this tempest;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-17