Jonah 1:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.”
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“At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jonah 1:15 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 7:24Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
- Joshua 7:26And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
- 2 Samuel 21:8But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
- 2 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
- Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Psalms 89:9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
- Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
- Jonah 3:9Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
- Matthew 8:26“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.
- Luke 8:24The 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.
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