Jonah 1:15

And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.

Leeser Tanakh

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

14And they called unto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, let us not be lost, we pray thee, for the life of this man, and lay not upon us [the guilt of] innocent blood; for thou art the Lord, as it pleaseth thee so dost thou do.

16And the men feared the Lord very greatly; and they offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:26And they raised over him a great heap of stones [which is] unto this day; and the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of 'Achor, unto this day.

2 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin at Zela', in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king had commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

Psalms 89:9(89:10) Thou rulest over the pride of the sea: when its waves are lifted up, thou assuagest them.

Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm into a whisper, and stilled were the waves of the sea.

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 →

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