15Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.


In Context

12 "Pick me up and throw me into the sea," he replied, "and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you."

13 Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.

14 Then they cried to the Lord , "O Lord , please do not let us die for taking this man's life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, O Lord , have done as you pleased."

15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.

16 At this the men greatly feared the Lord , and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him.

17 But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 1:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:15And they took Jonas, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from raging.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15So they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.