Jonah 1:15

Jonah 1:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
• New International Version (NIV)Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.

Context of Jonah 1:15

13Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they couldn’t because the sea was raging against them more and more. 14So they called out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, don’t let us perish because of this man’s life, and don’t charge us with innocent blood! For you, Lord, have done just as you pleased.” Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. 16The men were seized by great fear of the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. 17The Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 1:15 word by word

וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־יוֹנָ֔ה וַיְטִלֻ֖הוּ אֶל־הַיָּ֑ם וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד הַיָּ֖ם מִזַּעְפּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So they took upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• Jonahיוֹנָהyônâh · JonahH3124
• and cast him forthטוּלţûl · to castH2904
• into the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• ceasedעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• from her ragingזַ֫עַףza‛aph · rageH2197

Cross-references for Jonah 1:15

• Joshua 7:24Then Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, and the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his ox, donkey, and sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
• 2 Samuel 21:8But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, who were the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, and the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite
• Psalms 89:9You rule the raging sea; when its waves surge, you still them.
• Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their pounding waves.
• Psalms 107:29He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
• Matthew 8:26He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
• Luke 8:24They came and woke him up, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to die!” Then he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. So they ceased, and there was a calm.

Commentaries on Jonah 1:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15They took up Jonah - o“He does not say, laid hold on him‘, nor came upon him‘ but lifted‘ him; as it were, bearing him with respect and honor, they cast him into the sea, not resisting, but yielding himself to their will.” The sea ceased (literally “stood”) from his raging - Ordinarily, the waves still swell, when the wind has ceased. The sea, when it had received Jonah, was hushed at once, to show that God alone raised and quelled it. It “stood” still…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 The mariners rowed against wind and tide, the wind of God's displeasure, the tide of his counsel; but it is in vain to think of saving ourselves any other way than by destroying our sins. Even natural conscience cannot but dread blood-guiltiness. And when we are led by Providence God does what he pleases, and we ought to be satisfied, though it may not please us. Throwing Jonah into the sea put an end to the storm. God will not afflict for…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. sea ceased ... raging--so at Jesus' word (Lu 8:24). God spares the prayerful penitent, a truth illustrated now in the case of the sailors, presently in that of Jonah, and thirdly, in that of Nineveh.Read the comment

Topics related to Jonah 1:15

• Jonah
• Miracles
• Superstition

In the dictionaries

• Jonah
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Cry
• Raging
• Jonah, the Book of
• Ships and Boats
• oath, vow, swear, swearing, swear by, sworn

Commentaries on Jonah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings