Jonah 1:14
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.
KJV
Et clamaverunt ad Dominum, et dixerunt : Quæsumus, Domine, ne pereamus in anima viri istius, et ne des super nos sanguinem innocentem : quia tu, Domine, sicut voluisti, fecisti.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀνεβόησαν πρὸς Κύριον καὶ εἶπαν Μηδαμῶς, Κύριε· μὴ ἀπολώμεθα ἕνεκεν τῆς ψυχῆς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου, καὶ μὴ δῷς ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς αἷμα δίκαιον, διότι σύ, Κύριε, ὃν τρόπον ἐβούλου πεποίηκας.
LXX
Wherefore they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We beseech thee, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.
ASV
וַ/יִּקְרְא֨וּ אֶל יְהוָ֜ה וַ/יֹּאמְר֗וּ אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אַל נָ֣א נֹאבְדָ֗ה בְּ/נֶ֨פֶשׁ֙ הָ/אִ֣ישׁ הַ/זֶּ֔ה וְ/אַל תִּתֵּ֥ן עָלֵ֖י/נוּ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑יא כִּֽי אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָפַ֖צְתָּ עָשִֽׂיתָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 4:34 — 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,
- Deut 21:8 — Be 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.
- Deut 21:8 — Be 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.
- Eph 1:11 — In 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:
- Jonah 1:5 — Then 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;
- Jonah 1:16 — Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
- Jonah 3:8 — But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
- Matt 11:26 — Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
- Ps 107:28 — Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
- Ps 107:28 — Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
- Ps 115:3 — But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
- Ps 135:6 — Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.