New American Standard Bible 2020
Jonah 1:5-11
5Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried out to 1his 2god, and they 3hurled the 4cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it 5for them. But Jonah had gone below into the stern of the ship, had lain down, and fallen sound asleep. 6So the captain approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, 6call on your god! Perhaps your 7god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.”
7And each man said to his mate, “Come, let’s 8cast lots so that we may 9find out on whose account this catastrophe has struck us.” So they cast lots, and the 10lot fell on Jonah. 8Then they said to him, “11Tell us, now! On whose account has this catastrophe struck us? What is your 12occupation, and where do you come from? What is your country, and from what people are you?” 9So he said to them, “I am a 13Hebrew, and I 14fear the Lord 15God of heaven who 16made the sea and the dry land.”
10Then the men became extremely afraid, and they said to him, “17How could you do this?” For the men knew that he was 18fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. 11So they said to him, “What should we do to you so that the sea will become calm 19for us?”--for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy.
Notes
- 1. Jonah 1:5 1 Kin 18:26 ↩
- 2. Jonah 1:5 Or gods ↩
- 3. Jonah 1:5 Acts 27:18, 19, 38 ↩
- 4. Jonah 1:5 Lit vessels ↩
- 5. Jonah 1:5 Lit from upon them ↩
- 6. Jonah 1:6 Ps 107:28 ↩
- 7. Jonah 1:6 2 Sam 12:22; Amos 5:15; Jon 3:9 ↩
- 8. Jonah 1:7 Josh 7:14-18; 1 Sam 10:20, 21; 14:41, 42; Acts 1:23-26 ↩
- 9. Jonah 1:7 Lit know ↩
- 10. Jonah 1:7 Num 32:23; Prov 16:33 ↩
- 11. Jonah 1:8 Josh 7:19; 1 Sam 14:43 ↩
- 12. Jonah 1:8 Gen 47:3; 1 Sam 30:13 ↩
- 13. Jonah 1:9 Gen 14:13; Ex 1:15; 2:13 ↩
- 14. Jonah 1:9 2 Kin 17:25, 28, 32, 33 ↩
- 15. Jonah 1:9 Ezra 1:2; Neh 1:4; Ps 136:26; Dan 2:18 ↩
- 16. Jonah 1:9 Neh 9:6; Ps 95:5; 146:6 ↩
- 17. Jonah 1:10 Lit What is this you have done ↩
- 18. Jonah 1:10 Job 27:22; Jon 1:3 ↩
- 19. Jonah 1:11 Lit from upon us ↩
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
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