Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Jonah 1:15
Raging. — Comp. maris ira, Ovid. Met. i. 330; iratum mare, Hor. Epod. ii.57.
“At whose burden
The angered ocean foams.”
SHAKESPEARE: Ant. and Cleop.
Raging. — Comp. maris ira, Ovid. Met. i. 330; iratum mare, Hor. Epod. ii.57.
“At whose burden
The angered ocean foams.”
SHAKESPEARE: Ant. and Cleop.
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TOOK UP. took up with reverence or care: as in Genesis 47:30; Exodus 28:12; Exodus 28:29, &c. Hebrew. _nasa'_. CAST HIM, &c. Why are we _to assume_ that the result was different in this case from that...
_they took up_ With respect and reluctance, with no struggle on his part, or violence on theirs. _her raging_ Lit., HER ANGER. "Maris ira," Ovid. _Met._I. 330, "iratum mare," Hor. _Epod._II. 5, 6, ar...
The openness of these heathens to religious impressions; the readiness with which they acknowledged Jehovah (hitherto to them an unknown God), and addressed no longer to their own gods (Jonah 1:5), bu...
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So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. SO THEY TOOK UP JONAH, AND CAST HIM FORTH INTO THE SEA; AND THE SEA CEASED FROM HER RAGING. So at Jesus'...
THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JONAH 2. Nineveh] the world-famous capital of Assyria, on the Tigris. For its wickedness cp. Nahum 3. 3. Jonah seeks to escape from the unwelcome task, both because he hates the N...
THE MAN WHO DISAGREED WITH GOD JONAH _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ INTRODUCTION The book does not say who wrote it. It is unlikely that Jonah was the author. This is because the story is not very favourable...
וַ יִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת ־יֹונָ֔ה וַ יְטִלֻ֖הוּ אֶל
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SO THEY TOOK UP, JONAH, AND CAST HIM FORTH INTO THE SEA,.... They took him out of the hold or cabin where he was, and brought him upon deck; they took him, not against his will, but with his full cons...
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. Ver. 15. _So they took up Jonah_] Not against his will, but in a sort offering himself to condign punishmen...
So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from her raging, it stood still and no longer rose in such tremendous billows....
JONAH AND THE SEA MONSTER...
CEASED: _ Heb._ stood...
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...
SO, Heb. _And_, THEY TOOK UP JONAH; as he advised; with reset to themselves, though with full-consent of Jonah, at last they yield. Cast him forth into the sea: see JONAH 1:12. AND THE SEA CEASED FROM...
Jonah 1:15 up H5375 (H8799) Jonah H3124 threw H2904 (H8686) sea H3220 sea H3220 ceased H5975 ...
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2 Samuel 21:8; 2 Samuel 21:9; Joshua 7:24; Luke 8:24; Matthew 8:26;...
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