Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jonah 1:15
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Then they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
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So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
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So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.
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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
13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
14 So 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.”
15 Then they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
16 Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
17 Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
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