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

13Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse. 14So they cried out to the Lord, “Oh, please, Lord, don’t let us die on account of this man! Don’t hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, Lord, have done just as you pleased.” So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. 16The men feared the Lord greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the Lord.

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 took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster.
• 2 Samuel 21:8So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
• Psalms 89:9You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.
• Psalms 93:3The waves roar, O Lord, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.
• Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.
• Matthew 8:26But he said to them, “Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.
• Luke 8:24They came and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are about to die!” So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was 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