14 Therefore they cried out to the Lord and said, “We pray, O Lord, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and (A)do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O Lord, (B)have done as it pleased You.”

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(A)But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.

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Provide atonement, O Lord, for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, (A)and do not lay innocent blood to the charge of Your people Israel.’ And atonement shall be provided on their behalf for the blood.

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(A)Whatever the Lord pleases He does,
In heaven and in earth,
In the seas and in all deep places.

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11 (A)In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to (B)the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

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16 Then the men (A)feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord and took vows.

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Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

34 And (A)at the end of the [a]time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him (B)who lives forever:

For His dominion is (C)an everlasting dominion,
And His kingdom is from generation to generation.
35 (D)All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
(E)He does according to His will in the army of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth.
(F)No one can restrain His hand
Or say to Him, (G)“What have You done?”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:34 Lit. days

28 Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.

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(A)having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure (B)which He purposed in Himself,

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So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.”

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26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

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Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten [a]the load. But Jonah had gone down (A)into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 1:5 Lit. from upon them

16 Lord, (A)in trouble they have visited You,
They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.

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“Whoever (A)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(B)For in the image of God
He made man.

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