Jonah 1:15
So they took up Yonah, and cast him forth into the yam; + 1:15 See Isa 53:5,8; Mt 12:39-40; 16:4 and the yam ceased from her raging.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Joshua 7:26And they raised over him a heap of avanim gadol unto this day. So Hashem turned from the fierceness of His Af (Anger). Therefore the shem of that place was called, Emek Achor, unto this day.
2 Samuel 21:14And the atzmot Sha'ul and Yonatan bno buried they in eretz Binyamin in Tzela, in the kever of Kish aviv; and they performed all that HaMelech commanded. And after that Elohim was entreated for the land.
Psalms 89:9Hashem Elohei Tzva'os, 1 who is like Thee, O Mighty One, Hashem? 1 Thy emunah also surrounds Thee! 1
Psalms 107:29He made the sa'arah (storm) a calm, 1 so that the galim (waves) thereof were still. + 107:29 Mk 4:41 1
Matthew 8:26And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Why are you fearful, you ones of little emunah? Then, arising, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach 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 →