Jonah 1:9
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
KJV
Et dixit ad eos : Hebræus ego sum, et Dominum Deum cæli ego timeo, qui fecit mare et aridam.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς Δοῦλος Κυρίου ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ τὸν κύριον θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐγὼ σέβομαι, ὃς ἐποίησεν τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηράν.
LXX
And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven, who hath made the sea and the dry land.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם עִבְרִ֣י אָנֹ֑כִי וְ/אֶת יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ אֲנִ֣י יָרֵ֔א אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂ֥ה אֶת הַ/יָּ֖ם וְ/אֶת הַ/יַּבָּשָֽׁה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
God showed himself, by the fall of man, as patient, benign, merciful, mighty to save. Man is therefore most ungrateful, if, unmindful of his own lot, and of the benefits held out to him, he do not acknowledge divine grace. 1. Long-suffering therefore was God, when man became a defaulter, as foreseeing that victory which should be granted to him through the Word. For, when stren…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 8:6 — But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
- Acts 16:17 — The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
- Esth 3:4 — Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
- Gen 1:9 — And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
- Gen 3:8 — And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
- Gen 14:13 — And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
- Mark 4:41 — And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
- Neh 1:4 — And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
- Neh 1:4 — And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
- Neh 9:6 — Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest t
- Ps 95:5 — The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
- Ps 136:26 — O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 136:26 — O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 146:5 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
- Rom 10:14 — How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?