Jonah 1:15
13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
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.
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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
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.
Read in contextPsalms 93:3–4
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
Read in contextPsalms 107:29
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Read in contextPsalms 89:9
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Read in contextMatthew 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.
Read in contextPsalms 65:7
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
Read in contextJoshua 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.
Read in context2 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:
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