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Jonah 1:16

Jonah chapter 1 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.

Context

v.15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.

v.16This passage

v.17And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:4

    When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

  • Isaiah 26:9

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • Mark 4:31

    It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,

  • Psalms 66:13

    I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows,

  • Judges 13:16

    And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

  • 2 Kings 5:17

    And Naaman said, If not, yet, I pray thee, let there be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto Jehovah.