Jonah 1:15
So they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Webster 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
16Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the LORD, and made vows.
Cross References
Joshua 7:26And they raised over him a great heap of stones to this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger: wherefore the name of that place was called the valley of Achor to this day.
2 Samuel 21:14And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son they buried in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulcher of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.
Psalms 89:9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
Psalms 107:29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves of the sea are still.
Matthew 8:26And he saith to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and 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 →