Jonah 1:15
13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
14 So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
16 Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
17 Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
- KJV
- So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
- 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.
- DARBY
- And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
- BLB
- And they picked up Jonah, and they cast him into the sea, and the sea stood from its raging.
- ÅB
- Så tok de Jonas og kastet ham i havet; da holdt havet opp å rase.
- OTB
- Så tok de Jona og kastet ham i havet, og havet sluttet å rase.
- B1930
- Så tok de Jonas og kastet ham i havet; da holdt havet op å rase.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 8:24
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.
Read in contextPsalms 93:3–4
The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
Read in contextPsalms 107:29
He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Read in contextPsalms 89:9
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
Read in contextMatthew 8:26
“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
Read in contextPsalms 65:7
You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
Read in contextJoshua 7:24–26
Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
Read in context2 Samuel 21:8–9
But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
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