Jonah 1:15
And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
In Context
16And the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.
Cross References
Joshua 7:26And they raised over him a great heap of stones, [which is there] to this day. And Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The Valley of Achor, to this day.
2 Samuel 21:14And they buried [them] with the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they did all that the king had commanded. And afterwards God was propitious to the land.
Psalms 89:9*Thou* rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, *thou* stillest them.
Psalms 107:29He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still:
Matthew 8:26And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Matthew Henry on Jonah 1:12-17
The Prophet Confesses His Folly; The Prophet Reads His Own Doom; The Prophet Cast into the Sea; Jonah's Preservation in the Fish's Belly. ( b. c. 840.) 11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they… Read the whole commentary →