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Jonah 1:15
So they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Jonah 1:15 · Webster Bible
Jonah 1:15 in other translations
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.
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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.
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