Jonah 1:12
And Jonas said to them, Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
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Joshua 7:12And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their + 7:12 Gr. neck. Heb. ערף the back of the neck.back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless ye remove the cursed thing from yourselves.
2 Samuel 24:17And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel smiting the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, + 24:17 Alex. adds, 'and I the shepherd have done wickedly.'but these sheep what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be upon me, and upon my father's house.
Job 35:8Thy ungodliness may affect a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.
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 →