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Jonah 1:11 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Jonah 1:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jonah chapter 1 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. may: Heb. may be silent from us wrought: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went”
Jonah 1:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Jonah 1:11
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. This verse captures the pagan sailors' desperate recognition that Jonah's God controls the storm. The phrase "the sea wrought" (holek vesoer, הוֹלֵךְ וְסֹעֵר) literally means "going and storming"—a Hebrew construction indicating intensification. The storm wasn't subsiding but escalating, adding urgency to their question."What shall we do unto thee" reveals remarkable moral restraint. Though they had cast lots proving Jonah caused the calamity (v. 7), and though throw...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jonah 1:11
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“and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings”
“saying”
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