Jonah 1:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The sailors were frightened, and they all started praying to their gods. They even threw the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. All this time, Jonah was down below deck, sound asleep.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:26

They chose their bull, then they got it ready and prayed to Baal all morning, asking him to start the fire. They danced around the altar and shouted, “Answer us, Baal!” But there was no answer.

Job 2:4

Satan answered, “There's no pain like your own. People will do anything to stay alive.

Psalm 107:25

At his command a storm arose, and waves covered the sea.

Psalm 148:8

Sea monsters and the deep sea, fire and hail, snow and frost, and every stormy wind, come, praise the LORD!

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time for finding and losing, keeping and giving,

Isaiah 45:20

to every survivor from every nation: “Gather around me! Learn how senseless it is to worship wooden idols or pray to helpless gods.

Jeremiah 2:28

Go and cry to the gods you made! There should be enough of them to save you, because Judah has as many gods as it has towns.

Hosea 7:14

They don't really pray to me; they just howl in their beds. They have rejected me for Baal and slashed themselves, in the hope that Baal will bless their crops.

Jonah 1:14

So they prayed to the LORD, “Please don't let us drown for taking this man's life. Don't hold us guilty for killing an innocent man. All this happened because you wanted it to.”

Jonah 1:16

The sailors were so terrified that they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made all kinds of promises.

Jonah 1:6

The ship's captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Perhaps he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning.”

Matthew 25:5

The groom was late arriving, and the girls became drowsy and fell asleep.

Matthew 26:43

Jesus came back and found them sleeping again. They simply could not keep their eyes open.

Matthew 26:45

Finally, Jesus returned to his disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? The time has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to sinners.

Acts 27:38

and after everyone had eaten, they threw the cargo of wheat into the sea to make the ship lighter.

Judges 16:19

Delilah had lulled Samson to sleep with his head resting in her lap. She signalled to one of the Philistine men as she began cutting off Samson's seven braids. And by the time she had finished, Samson's strength was gone. Delilah tied him up

1 Samuel 24:3

There were some sheep pens along the side of the road, and one of them was built around the entrance to a cave. Saul went into the cave to relieve himself. David and his men were hiding at the back of the cave.