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Jonah 1:15 KJV
Jonah · chapter 1 · verse 15
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.Jonah 1:15 · King James Version
Jonah 1:15 in context
13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
14Wherefore 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.
15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
16Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
17Now 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ceasedʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- JonahYôwnâhJonah, an IsraeliteH3124 →
- forthṭûwlto pitch over or reelH2904 →
- seayâma sea or large body of waterH3220 →
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It is plain that Jonah is the man for whose sake this evil is upon them, but the discovery of him to be so was not sufficient to answer the demands of this tempest;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-17