Jonah 1:15
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Jonah 1:15 in other translations
| BSB | At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm. |
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| WEB | So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging. |
| ASV | So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. |
| YLT | And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging; |
| DARBY | And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging. |
| BBE | So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry. |
| Webster | So they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. |
What does Jonah 1:15 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jonah 1:13-17
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…
Jonah 1:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jonah 1:15
- Luke 8:24
And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
- Psalms 93:3-4
The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
- Psalms 107:29
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
- Psalms 89:9
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
- Matthew 8:26
And he saith unto 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.
- Psalms 65:7
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
- Joshua 7:24-26
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge 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 unto the valley of Achor. And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
- 2 Samuel 21:8-9
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
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Context
- Jonah 1:14
Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.
- Jonah 1:15
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
- Jonah 1:16
Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.
Jonah 1:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tomaron á Jonás, y echáronlo á la mar; y la mar se quietó de su furia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils prirent Jonas et le jetèrent à la mer; et la fureur de la mer s’arrêta. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie nahmen Jona und warfen ihn ins Meer. Da ließ das Meer ab von seinem Wüten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et tulerunt Jonam, et miserunt in mare: et stetit mare a fervore suo. |