Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. New Living Translation Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once! English Standard Version So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. Berean Standard Bible At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm. King James Bible So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. New King James Version So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. New American Standard Bible So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. NASB 1995 So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. NASB 1977 So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. Legacy Standard Bible So they lifted Jonah up and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stood still from its raging. Amplified Bible So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. Christian Standard Bible Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. American Standard Version So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. Contemporary English Version Then they threw Jonah overboard, and the sea calmed down. English Revised Version So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the sea became calm. Good News Translation Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and it calmed down at once. International Standard Version So they picked up Jonah and tossed him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. Majority Standard Bible At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm. 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceases from its raging; Young's Literal Translation And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging; Smith's Literal Translation And they will lift up Jonah and cast him down into the sea: and the sea will stand from its foam. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they took Jonas, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from raging. Catholic Public Domain Version And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury. New American Bible Then they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. New Revised Standard Version So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they picked up Yonan and they threw him into the sea, and the sea was calmed from its storms OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. Brenton Septuagint Translation So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jonah Cast Into the Sea and Swallowed…14So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.” 15At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm. 16Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.… Cross References Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Mark 4:39-41 Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm. / “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?” / Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” Luke 8:24-25 The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. / “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!” Acts 27:18-20 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo. / On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. / When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved. Psalm 107:28-30 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress. / He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed. / They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired. Matthew 8:26-27 “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. / The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!” John 1:4-5 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. / The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. 2 Corinthians 1:9-10 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us, Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. Exodus 14:21-22 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. Psalm 65:7 You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations. Psalm 89:9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them. Psalm 93:3-4 The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. / Above the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the LORD on high is majestic. Isaiah 51:10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over? Treasury of Scripture So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. they. Joshua 7:24-26 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor… 2 Samuel 21:8,9 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: … and the. Psalm 89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. Psalm 93:3,4 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves… Psalm 107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. ceased. Jump to Previous Angry Calm Cast Ceased Ceaseth Forth Grew Jonah Longer Overboard Picked Raging Sea Stopped ThrewJump to Next Angry Calm Cast Ceased Ceaseth Forth Grew Jonah Longer Overboard Picked Raging Sea Stopped ThrewJonah 1 1. Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish.4. He is betrayed by a great storm; 11. thrown into the sea; 17. and swallowed by a fish. So they took up Jonah The phrase "took up" in Hebrew is "וַיִּשְׂאוּ" (vayis'u), which implies a deliberate and forceful action. The sailors, after casting lots and determining Jonah as the cause of the storm, are now acting decisively. This action reflects their desperation and the gravity of the situation. Historically, sailors were known for their superstitions and reliance on omens, and this act of lifting Jonah signifies their belief in appeasing the divine wrath they believed was upon them. It also highlights Jonah's passive role in this narrative, as he is being acted upon rather than taking action himself. and threw him into the sea and the raging sea grew calm "At whose burden The angered ocean foams." SHAKESPEARE: Ant. and Cleop. Verse 15. - They took up, with a certain reverence. Ceased from her raging; literally, stood from its anger; Septuagint, ἔστη ἐκ τοῦ σάλου αὐτῆς, "stood from its tossing." The sudden cessation of the storm showed that it had been sent on Jonah's account, and that the crew had not sinned by executing the sentence upon him. Usually it takes some time for the swell to cease after the wind has sunk: here there was suddenly a great calm (Matthew 8:26).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew At this, they picked upוַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ (way·yiś·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take Jonah יוֹנָ֔ה (yō·w·nāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3124: Jonah -- an Israelite prophet and threw וַיְטִלֻ֖הוּ (way·ṭi·lu·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular Strong's 2904: To pitch over, reel, to cast down, out him into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the sea, הַיָּ֑ם (hay·yām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin and the raging מִזַּעְפּֽוֹ׃ (miz·za‘·pōw) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2197: A storming, raging, rage sea הַיָּ֖ם (hay·yām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin grew calm. וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד (way·ya·‘ă·mōḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations Links Jonah 1:15 NIVJonah 1:15 NLT Jonah 1:15 ESV Jonah 1:15 NASB Jonah 1:15 KJV Jonah 1:15 BibleApps.com Jonah 1:15 Biblia Paralela Jonah 1:15 Chinese Bible Jonah 1:15 French Bible Jonah 1:15 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jonah 1:15 So they took up Jonah and threw (Jon. 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