KJV King James Version
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
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Jonah 1:16
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
WEB World English Bible
Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.
ASV American Standard Version
Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the men fear Jehovah—a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vow vows.
Surrounding context — Jonah 1
13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
14 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.
15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
17 Now 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.
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Original-language word links
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וַיִּֽירְא֧וּH3372 · ya.reto fearהָאֲנָשִׁ֛יםH582 · e.noshhumanיִרְאָ֥הH3374 · yir.ahfearגְדוֹלָ֖הH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיִּֽזְבְּחוּ־H2076 · za.vachto sacrificeזֶ֙בַח֙H2077 · ze.vachsacrificeלַֽיהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַֽיִּדְּר֖וּH5087 · na.darto vowנְדָרִֽים׃H5088 · ne.dervow
Cross-references
Psalm 116:14I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.Daniel 6:26I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he [is] the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion [shall be even] unto the end.Psalm 107:22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.Psalm 50:14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:Genesis 8:20And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.Acts 5:11And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.Jonah 1:10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.Isaiah 60:5-7Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.Daniel 4:34-37And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation:Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.Mark 4:31[It is] like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:Psalm 66:13-16I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,Genesis 28:20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,Ecclesiastes 5:4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.2 Kings 5:17And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, 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 the LORD.Judges 13:16And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD.
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