Jonah 1:4

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ 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.

Complete Jewish Bible:

However, ADONAI let loose over the sea a violent wind, which created such stormy conditions that the ship threatened to break to pieces.

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.

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.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

But the LORD{H3068} sent out{H2904} a great{H1419} wind{H7307} into the sea{H3220}, and there was a mighty{H1419} tempest{H5591} in the sea{H3220}, so that the ship{H591} was like{H2803} to be broken{H7665}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 107:23

  • ¶ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

Psalms 107:31

  • Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!

Matthew 8:24

  • And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

Matthew 8:27

  • But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

Psalms 135:7

  • He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

Amos 4:13

  • For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what [is] his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, [is] his name.

Exodus 10:19

  • And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

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Commentary for Jonah 1:4

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3068
    There are 5521 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְהֹוָה
    Transliteration: Yᵉhôvâh
    Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vaw'
    Description: from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
  2. Strong's Number: H2904
    There are 14 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: טוּל
    Transliteration: ṭûwl
    Pronunciation: tool
    Description: a primitive root; to pitch over or reel; hence (transitively) to cast down or out; carry away, (utterly) cast (down, forth, out), send out.
  3. Strong's Number: H1419
    There are 499 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גָּדוֹל
    Transliteration: gâdôwl
    Pronunciation: gaw-dole'
    Description: or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
  4. Strong's Number: H7307
    There are 348 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רוּחַ
    Transliteration: rûwach
    Pronunciation: roo'-akh
    Description: from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
  5. Strong's Number: H3220
    There are 339 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָם
    Transliteration: yâm
    Pronunciation: yawm
    Description: from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
  6. Strong's Number: H5591
    There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סַעַר
    Transliteration: çaʻar
    Pronunciation: sah'-ar
    Description: or (feminine) סְעָרָה; from סָעַר; a hurricane; storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.
  7. Strong's Number: H591
    There are 66 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֳנִיָּה
    Transliteration: ʼŏnîyâh
    Pronunciation: on-ee-yaw'
    Description: feminine of אֳנִי; a ship; ship(-men).
  8. Strong's Number: H2803
    There are 122 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָשַׁב
    Transliteration: châshab
    Pronunciation: khaw-shab'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute; (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
  9. Strong's Number: H7665
    There are 145 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁבַר
    Transliteration: shâbar
    Pronunciation: shaw-bar'
    Description: a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).