Jonah 1:14

Translations

Modern

So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

And they cried out to YHWH and said: “Ah, O YHWH, please do not let us perish for the soul of this man, and do not put upon us innocent blood. For You, O YHWH, have done as You pleased.”

Latin

Et clamaverunt ad Dominum, et dixerunt: Quæsumus, Domine, ne pereamus in anima viri istius, et ne des super nos sanguinem innocentem: quia tu, Domine, sicut voluisti, fecisti.

Original

Hebrew

English

So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”

Notes

Jonah 1:13–14

the men rowed hard: They knew Jonah had angered the Lord, but they worried the Lord would be angrier if they killed his prophet.

Events

Prophecies of Jonahc. 825 BC

Related verses

Psalm 115:3
Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
Psalm 135:6
The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
Ephesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Deuteronomy 21:8
Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
Psalm 107:28
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
Daniel 4:34–35
But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
Jonah 1:5
The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
Jonah 1:16
Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
Matthew 11:26
Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Acts 28:4
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
Ephesians 1:9
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ

Glossary

Bloodguilt Book of Jonah

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Christian Minister: Success Attending: Jonah Converts: The Mariners with Jonah Jonah: Disobedience and Punishment of Miracles: Design of Prayer: Importunity In Superstition: The Sailors Who Threw Jonah Into the Sea

Jonah 1:14

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