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


In Context

12 And he said to them, Take me, and cast me into the sea; so shall the sea be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

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 to 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.

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

16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to 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.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:15Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.

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 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.