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Jonah 1:15
15And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
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
13But the men rowed hard to regain the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. 14And they cried unto Jehovah and said, Ah, Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee. And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging. 16And the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows. 17And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־יוֹנָ֔ה וַיְטִלֻ֖הוּ אֶל־הַיָּ֑ם וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד הַיָּ֖ם מִזַּעְפּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jonah 1:15
- Joshua 7:24Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the bar of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up into the valley of Achor.
- 2 Samuel 21:8And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of [the sister of] Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;
- Psalms 89:9Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
- Psalms 93:3The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
- Psalms 107:29He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still:
- Matthew 8:26And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
- Luke 8:24and coming to [him] they woke him up, saying, Master, master, we perish. But he, rising up, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and 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
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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
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