Jonah 1:14
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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.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.”
In other translations
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.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.”
Hebrew words
וַיִּקְרְאוּvaiyikre'uand they called outH7121אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אָנָּה'anahwe beg youH577יְהוָהyahwehO YahwehH3068אַל־'al-do notH408נָאna'pleaseH4994נֹאבְדָהnovdahlet us perishH6בְּנֶפֶשׁbenefeshby [the] life ofH5315הָאִישׁha'ishthe manH376הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088וְאַל־ve'al-and may notH408תִּתֵּןtitenyou putH5414עָלֵינוּ'aleinuon usH5921דָּםdambloodH1818נָקִיאnaki'innocentH5355כִּי־ki-forH3588אַתָּה'atahyouH859יְהוָהyahwehO YahwehH3068כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834חָפַצְתָּchafatztayou pleasedH2654עָשִׂיתָ׃'asitayou have doneH6213
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 115:3But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
- Psalm 135:6Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
- Deuteronomy 21:8Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.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.
- Ephesians 1:11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: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,
- Psalm 107:28Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Jonah 1:5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.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.
- Daniel 4:34-3534 And 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: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?34 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. 35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
- Matthew 11:26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
- Jonah 1:16Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
- Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.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.”
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