Quotes about Sailors
The 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.
— Jonah 1:5
“Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
— Jonah 1:7
All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.
— Ezekiel 27:29
Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”
— Jonah 1:11
So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
— 2 Chronicles 8:18
On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
— Acts 27:27
The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.
— Ezekiel 27:28
The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.
— Ezekiel 27:9
Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
— Acts 27:30
Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.
— Ezekiel 27:27
In 'Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,' I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as much in need of God's grace as the sailors and the Ninevites.
— Tullian Tchividjian
Toes are scarce among veteran blubber-room men.
— Herman Melville