Jonah 1:15

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

Jonah 1:15 in Other Translations

KJV
15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
ESV
15 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.
NLT
15 Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once!
MSG
15 They took Jonah and threw him overboard. Immediately the sea was quieted down.
CSB
15 Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.

Jonah 1:15 In-Context

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 out to the LORD, “Please, LORD, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, 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 Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Psalms 107:29; Luke 8:24
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