Then Jacob made a promise. He said, “If God will be with me, and if God will protect me on this trip, and if God gives me food to eat and clothes to wear,
Jonah 1:16 - Easy To Read Version When the men saw this, they began to fear and respect the Lord. The men offered a sacrifice {\cf2\super [7]} and made special promises to the Lord. 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 promise. He said, “If God will be with me, and if God will protect me on this trip, and if God gives me food to eat and clothes to wear,
Then Noah built an altar [55] to the Lord. Noah took some of all the clean birds and some of all the clean animals, [56] and Noah burned them on the altar as a gift to God.
Then Naaman said, “If you won’t accept this gift, then at least do this for me. Let me have enough dirt from Israel to fill the baskets on two of my mules. [49] Why? Because I will never again offer any burnt offering or sacrifice to any other gods. I will offer sacrifices only to the Lord!
That is why people respect God.\par But God doesn’t respect proud people\par that think they are wise.”\par
Offer sacrifices {\cf2\super [566]} to the Lord\par to thank him for all he did.\par Gladly tell what the Lord has done.\par
I will give the Lord the things I promised.\par I will go in front of all his people now.\par
So bring your thank offerings {\cf2\super [301]} \par \{to share with the other worshipers\}\par and come to be with God.\par You made promises to God Most High,\par so give him the things you promised.\par
If you make a promise to God, then keep your promise. Don’t be slow to do the thing you promised. God is not happy with foolish people. Give God what you promised to give him.
My soul wants to be with you at night.\par And the spirit in me wants to be with you\par at the dawning of every new day.\par When your way of justice comes to the land,\par people will learn the right way of living.\par
Surely you are afraid of me.’”\par This message is from the Lord.\par “You should shake with fear in front of me.\par I am the One who made the beaches\par to be a boundary for the sea.\par I made it that way to keep the water\par in its place forever.\par The waves may pound the beach,\par but they will not destroy it.\par The waves may roar as they come in,\par but they can’t go beyond the beach.\par
I am making a new law. This law is for people in every part of my kingdom. All of you people must fear and respect the God of Daniel.
Jonah told the men he was running away from the Lord. The men became very scared when they learned this. The men asked Jonah, “What terrible thing did you do against your God?”
So the men cried to the Lord, “Lord, \{we are throwing this man into the sea because of the bad things he did\}. Please don’t say we are guilty of killing an innocent man. Please don’t make us die for killing him. We know you are the Lord, and you will do whatever you want. \{But please be kind to us.\}”
The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. The mustard seed is the smallest seed that you plant in the ground.
All the believers and all the other people that heard about these things were filled with fear.
The Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Even if you keep me from leaving, I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare something, then offer a burnt offering to the Lord.” (Manoah did not understand that the man was really the Angel of the Lord.)