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


In Context

12 He said to them, |Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.|

13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

14 Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, |We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don't let us die for this man's life, and don't lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.|

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

16 Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.

17 Yahweh 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 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 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.