Jonah 1:4

Jonah 1:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the Lord sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.

Context of Jonah 1:4

2“Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim [judgment] against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3But Jonah ran away to Tarshish to escape from the presence of the Lord [and his duty as His prophet]. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish [the most remote of the Phoenician trading cities]. So he paid the fare and went down into the ship to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord. But the Lord hurled a great wind toward the sea, and there was a violent tempest on the sea so that the ship was about to break up. 5Then the sailors were afraid, and each man cried out to his god; and to lighten the ship [and diminish the danger] they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship and had lain down and was sound asleep. 6So the captain came up to him and said, “How can you stay asleep? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps your god will give a thought to us so that we will not perish.”

Jonah 1:4 word by word

וַֽיהוָ֗ה הֵטִ֤יל רֽוּחַ־גְּדוֹלָה֙ אֶל־הַיָּ֔ם וַיְהִ֥י סַֽעַר־גָּד֖וֹל בַּיָּ֑ם וְהָ֣אֳנִיָּ֔ה חִשְּׁבָ֖ה לְהִשָּׁבֵֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• sent outטוּלţûl · to castH2904
• a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• into the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• tempestסַ֫עַרsa‛ar se‛ârâh · tempestH5591
• so that the shipאֳנִיָּה'onîyâh · a shipH591
• was likeחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
• to be brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665

Cross-references for Jonah 1:4

• Exodus 10:13So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; when it was morning, the east wind had brought the [swarms of] locusts.
• Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all that night and turned the seabed into dry land, and the waters were divided.
• Exodus 15:10You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; [Clad in armor] they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
• Numbers 11:31Now there went forth a wind from the Lord and it brought quails from the sea, and let them fall [so they flew low] beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and on the other side, all around the camp, about two cubits (three feet) deep on the surface of the ground.
• Psalms 107:24They have seen the works of the Lord, And His wonders in the deep.
• Psalms 135:7Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightning for the rain, Who brings the wind from His storehouses;
• Amos 4:13For behold, He who forms the mountains and creates the wind And declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes the dawn into darkness And treads on the heights of the earth— The Lord God of hosts is His name.
• Matthew 8:24And suddenly a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
• Acts 27:13So when the south wind blew softly, thinking that they had obtained their goal, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, hugging the coast.

Commentaries on Jonah 1:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4A great wind - They were overtaken with a storm, which appears from the sequel to have come by the immediate direction of God. Like to be broken - They had nearly suffered shipwreck.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4But (And) the Lord sent out - (literally cast along‘). Jonah had done his all. Now God‘s part began. This He expresses by the word, “And.” Jonah took “his” measures, “and” now God takes “His.” He had let him have his way, as He often deals with those who rebel against Him. He lets them have their way up to a certain point. He waits, in the tranquility of His Almightiness, until they have completed their preparations; and then, when man has ended, He…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-7Verses 4-7 God sent a pursuer after Jonah, even a mighty tempest. Sin brings storms and tempests into the soul, into the family, into churches and nations; it is a disquieting, disturbing thing. Having called upon their gods for help, the sailors did what they could to help themselves. Oh that men would be thus wise for their souls, and would be willing to part with that wealth, pleasure, and honour, which they cannot keep without making shipwreck of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4God's control over nature is a key theme in the book of Jonah (see Jonah 1:4, 9, 13–16, 17; 2:3, 10; 4:6–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. sent out--literally, caused a wind to burst forth. Coverdale translates, "hurled a greate wynde into the see."Read the comment

Topics related to Jonah 1:4

• Confidence
• Jonah
• Minister, Christian
• Superstition

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Cry
• Euroclydon
• Raging
• Jonah, the Book of
• Like; Liken; Likeness; Liking
• Ships and Boats
• Wind

Commentaries on Jonah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings