Then Jacob made a vow: ‘If God will be with me and watch over me during this journey I’m making, if he provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,
Jonah 1:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The men were seized by great fear of the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the men [reverently and worshipfully] feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. American Standard Version (1901) Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows. Common English Bible The men worshipped the LORD with a profound reverence; they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made solemn promises. Catholic Public Domain Version And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and sacrificed victims to the Lord, and made vows. |
Then Jacob made a vow: ‘If God will be with me and watch over me during this journey I’m making, if he provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. He took some of every kind of clean animal and every kind of clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Naaman responded, ‘If not, please let your servant be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will no longer offer a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the Lord.
therefore, men fear him. He does not look favourably on any who are wise in heart.
When you make a vow to God, don’t delay fulfilling it, because he does not delight in fools. Fulfil what you vow.
I long for you in the night; yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks you, for when your judgements are in the land, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Do you not fear me? This is the Lord’s declaration. Do you not tremble before me, the one who set the sand as the boundary of the sea, an enduring barrier that it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar, but cannot pass over it.
I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people must tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For he is the living God, and he endures for ever; his kingdom will never be destroyed, and his dominion has no end.
Then the men were seized by a great fear and said to him, ‘What have you done? ’ The men knew he was fleeing from the Lord’s presence because he had told them.
So they called out to the Lord, ‘Please, Lord, don’t let us perish because of this man’s life, and don’t charge us with innocent blood! For you, Lord, have done just as you pleased.’
It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground.
Then great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard these things.
The angel of the Lord said to him, ‘If I stay, I won’t eat your food. But if you want to prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord.’ (Manoah did not know he was the angel of the Lord.)