Jonah 1:5 BSB — MannaFest

Jonah 1:5

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.

BSB

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ASV

Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it unto them. But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

KJV

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; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Then the mariners were afraid,.... Perceiving that the storm was not an ordinary, but a supernatural one; and that the ship and all in it were in extreme danger, and no probability of being saved. This shows that the storm must be very violent, to frighten such men who were used to the sea, and to storms, and were naturally bold and intrepid. The word used signifies "salters", so called from the salt sea they used, as they are by us "mariners", from "mare", the "sea"; though R.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And cried, every man unto his God - They did what they could. “Not knowing the truth, they yet know of a Providence, and, amid religious error, know that there is an Object of reverence.” In ignorance they had received one who offended God. And now God, “whom they ignorantly worshiped” Act 17:23, while they cried to the gods, who, they thought, disposed of them, heard them. They escaped with the loss of their wares, but God saved their lives and revealed Himself to them. God hears ignorant prayer, when ignorance is not willful and sin.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

How different was Jesus' sleep on the Sea of Galilee! Guilty Jonah's indifference to fear contrasts with the unoffending mariners' alarm. The original therefore is in the nominative absolute: "But as for Jonah, he," &c.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽירְא֣וּ	vai.yi.re.'U	and they were afraid	H3372 →
הַמַּלָּחִ֗ים	ha.ma.la.Chim	the sailors	H4419 →
וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֮	vai.yiz.'a.Ku	and they cried for help	H2199 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	everyone	H376 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֱלֹהָיו֒	'e.lo.Hav	gods his	H430 →
וַיָּטִ֨לוּ	vai.ya.Ti.lu	and they threw	H2904 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַכֵּלִ֜ים	ha.ke.Lim	the vessels	H3627 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בָּֽאֳנִיָּה֙	bo.'o.ni.Yah	[were] in the ship	H591 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הַיָּ֔ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
לְהָקֵ֖ל	le.ha.Kel	to lighten	H7043 →
מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֑ם	me.'a.lei.Hem	from on <the> them	H5921 →
וְיוֹנָ֗ה	ve.yo.Nah	and Jonah	H3124 →
יָרַד֙	ya.Rad	he had gone down	H3381 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
יַרְכְּתֵ֣י	yar.ke.Tei	[the] innermost parts of	H3411 →
הַסְּפִינָ֔ה	ha.se.fi.Nah	the ship	H5600 →
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב	vai.yish.Kav	and he had lain down	H7901 →
וַיֵּרָדַֽם׃	vai.ye.ra.Dam	and he had fallen fast asleep	H7290 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 2:28
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O…
leads to
- Isaiah 45:20
  Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 32:37
  He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
- Jeremiah 11:13
  Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
- Judges 10:14
  Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
Through
Isaiah 45:20
Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
leads to
- Jeremiah 10:5
  Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 44:17–20
  From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
- Isaiah 43:9
  All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may…
- Isaiah 4:2
  On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.