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Jonah 1:15

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

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Jonah 1:15 in other translations

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

Jonah 1:15 · World English Bible

Jonah 1:15 in context

  1. 13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
  2. 14Wherefore they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We beseech thee, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.
  3. 15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.
  4. 16Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.
  5. 17And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.