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Jonah 1:16 KJV
Jonah · chapter 1 · verse 16
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.Jonah 1:16 · King James Version
Jonah 1:16 in context
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.
17Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- exceedinglygâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- exceedinglyyirʼâhfearH3374 →
- sacrificezebachproperly, a slaughterH2077 →
- offeredzâbachto slaughter an animalH2076 →
- fearedyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- 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