Jonah 1:15

And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceases from its raging;

Literal Standard Version

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 cry to YHWH, and say, “Ah, now, O YHWH, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not lay innocent blood on us! For You, YHWH, as You have pleased, You have done.”

16and the men fear YHWH [with] a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to YHWH, and vow vows.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:26and they raise up a great heap of stones over him to this day, and YHWH turns back from the heat of His anger, therefore [one] has called the name of that place “Valley of Achor” until this day.

2 Samuel 21:14and bury the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the burying-place of his father Kish, and do all that the king commanded, and God accepts the plea for the land afterward.

Psalms 89:9You [are] ruler over the pride of the sea, || In the lifting up of its billows You restrain them.

Psalms 107:29He calms a whirlwind, || And their billows are hushed.

Matthew 8:26And He says to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then having risen, 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 →

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