Jonah 1:4
New International Version
Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.

New Living Translation
But the LORD hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.

English Standard Version
But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

King James Bible
But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

New King James Version
But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.

New American Standard Bible
However, the LORD hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea, so that the ship was about to break up.

NASB 1995
The LORD hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

NASB 1977
And the LORD hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

Legacy Standard Bible
But Yahweh hurled a great wind on the sea, and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship gave thought to breaking apart.

Amplified Bible
But the LORD hurled a great wind toward the sea, and there was a violent tempest on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

Christian Standard Bible
But the LORD threw a great wind onto the sea, and such a great storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD hurled a violent wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart.

American Standard Version
But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And LORD JEHOVAH cast a great wind into the sea, and there was a great storm in the sea, and the ship being turned was to be broken to pieces

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken.

Contemporary English Version
But the LORD made a strong wind blow, and such a bad storm came up that the ship was about to be broken to pieces.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea: and a great tempest was raised in the sea, and the ship was in danger to be broken.

English Revised Version
But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD sent a violent wind over the sea. The storm was so powerful that the ship was in danger of breaking up.

Good News Translation
But the LORD sent a strong wind on the sea, and the storm was so violent that the ship was in danger of breaking up.

International Standard Version
Then the LORD sent a great wind over the sea, and a severe storm broke out. It seemed as if the ship were about to break up.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But the LORD hurled a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

Literal Standard Version
And YHWH has cast a great wind on the sea, and there is a great storm in the sea, and the ship has reckoned to be broken;

Majority Standard Bible
Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

New American Bible
The LORD, however, hurled a great wind upon the sea, and the storm was so great that the ship was about to break up.

NET Bible
But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

New Revised Standard Version
But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a mighty storm came upon the sea that the ship threatened to break up.

New Heart English Bible
But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was in danger of being broken.

World English Bible
But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah hath cast a great wind on the sea, and there is a great tempest in the sea, and the ship hath reckoned to be broken;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Great Storm
4Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart. 5The 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.…

Cross References
Psalm 107:23
Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.

Psalm 107:25
For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

Psalm 135:6
The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.

Psalm 135:7
He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

Jeremiah 51:16
When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.


Treasury of Scripture

But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

the Lord.

Exodus 10:13,19
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts…

Exodus 14:21
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Exodus 15:10
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

sent out.

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Jonah 1
1. Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish.
4. He is betrayed by a great storm;
11. thrown into the sea;
17. and swallowed by a fish.














(4) Sent out.--The Hebrew word (see margin, and comp. Jonah 1:5; Jonah 1:12; Jonah 1:15, where the same word is rendered "cast forth") expresses the sudden burst of the storm. A squall struck the ship. The coast was well known to sailors as dangerous. (See Josephus, Ant. xv. 9, ? 6, B. J. iii. 9. ? 3.)

So that the ship was like to be broken.--See margin for the literal expression, which is that of a sailor to whom the ship is a living thing, with feelings, hopes, and fears. For the word break, of shipwreck (comp. naufragium), see 1Kings 22:48.

Verses 4-10. -

2. Jonah's foolish flight is arrested. In the midst of his fancied security God sends a great storm, and the ship is placed in imminent jeopardy. The crew try all means to save the ship, and at length cast lots to discover by this means for whose sake the tempest has been sent. The lot points out Jonah as the guilty person. Verse 4. - Sent out; Septuagint, ἐξήγειρε, "raised;" literally, cast forth, or hurled, a great wind, like the Euroclydon of Acts 27:14, and what is called nowadays a Levanter. Pusey quotes Josephus's account of the harbour of Joppa and the neighbouring sea, which, he says, is rendered very dangerous by the sudden rise of "the black north wind" ('Bell. Jud.,' 3:09. 3). Here we see wind and storm fulfilling God's word (Psalm 148:8). As Tertullian says -

"Si Dominum in terris fugiens, invenit in undis."

"Flying the Lord on earth, he found him in the sea." Was like to be broken; literally, thought to be dashed in pieces. Wordsworth contrasts the living consciousness and apprehension of the ship with the lethargy of the prophet now lying fast asleep in the hold (ver. 5). Septuagint, ἐκινδύνευε τοῦ συντριβῆναι, "was in danger of being broken up."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the LORD
וַֽיהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

hurled
הֵטִ֤יל (hê·ṭîl)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2904: To pitch over, reel, to cast down, out

a violent
גְּדוֹלָה֙ (gə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

wind
רֽוּחַ־ (rū·aḥ-)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

upon
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the sea,
הַיָּ֔ם (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

and such a violent
גָּד֖וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

storm
סַֽעַר־ (sa·‘ar-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5591: A hurricane

arose
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

that the ship
וְהָ֣אֳנִיָּ֔ה (wə·hā·’o·nî·yāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 591: A ship

was in danger
חִשְּׁבָ֖ה (ḥiš·šə·ḇāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2803: To think, account

of breaking apart.
לְהִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ (lə·hiš·šā·ḇêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces


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