Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.
New American Standard Bible
So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea
King James Version
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Holman Bible
Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.
International Standard Version
So they picked up Jonah and tossed him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
American Standard Version
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.
Amplified
So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.
Bible in Basic English
So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.
Darby Translation
And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will lift up Jonah and cast him down into the sea: and the sea will stand from its foam.
King James 2000
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they picked Jonah up and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.
Modern King James verseion
And they lifted Jonah up and threw him out into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And then they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea: and the sea left raging.
NET Bible
So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
New Heart English Bible
So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.
The Emphasized Bible
So they took up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, - and the sea, left off, her roaring.
Webster
So they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
World English Bible
So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging;
Themes
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Overtaken in his flight
Jonah » Disobedience and punishment of
Miracles » Catalogue of » The deliverance » The sea was calmed when jonah was thrown into it
Power » Divine power over nature exhibited by Christ, general examples of » The tempest stilled
Superstition » Instances of » The sailors who threw jonah into the sea
Wind » Miracles connected with » Calmed by casting out jonah
Topics
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 1:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Disobeys Yahweh
14 Therefore they cried to 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, have done as it pleased thee. 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. 16 Then the men feared LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to LORD, and made vows.
Cross References
Psalm 107:29
He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves of it are still.
Luke 8:24
And having approached, they awoke him, saying, Master, master, we are perishing. And having risen, he rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it became calm.
Psalm 93:3-4
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their waves.
Joshua 7:24-26
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he h
2 Samuel 21:8-9
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
Psalm 65:7
who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.
Psalm 89:9
Thou rule the pride of the sea. When the waves of it arise, thou still them.
Matthew 8:26
And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.