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href="/bsb/jonah/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jonah/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jonah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jonah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jonah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jonah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jonah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jonah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jonah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jonah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jonah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So they lifted Jonah up and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stood still from its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jonah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jonah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jonah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jonah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jonah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then they threw Jonah overboard, and the sea calmed down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jonah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jonah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the sea became calm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jonah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and it calmed down at once. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jonah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So they picked up Jonah and tossed him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jonah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jonah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jonah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jonah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jonah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jonah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceases from its raging;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jonah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jonah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will lift up Jonah and cast him down into the sea: and the sea will stand from its foam.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jonah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they took Jonas, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from raging. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jonah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jonah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jonah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jonah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jonah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they picked up Yonan and they threw him into the sea, and the sea was calmed from its storms<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jonah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jonah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jonah/1-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfTdDqEKJXA?start=165" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jonah/1.htm">Jonah Cast Into the Sea and Swallowed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>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.” <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: way·yiś·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">At this, they picked up</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3124.htm" title="3124: yō·w·nāh (N-proper-ms) -- An Israelite. prophet. The same as yownah; Jonah, An Israelite.">Jonah</a> <a href="/hebrew/2904.htm" title="2904: way·ṭi·lu·hū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- To hurl, cast. A primitive root; to pitch over or reel; hence to cast down or out.">and cast him</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: hay·yām (Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">the sea,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2197.htm" title="2197: miz·za‘·pōw (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- A storming, raging, rage. From za'aph; anger.">and the raging</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: hay·yām (Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">sea</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: way·ya·‘ă·mōḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">grew calm.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-39.htm">Mark 4:39-41</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-24.htm">Luke 8:24-25</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/27-18.htm">Acts 27:18-20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/107-28.htm">Psalm 107:28-30</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26-27</a></span><br />“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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-4.htm">John 1:4-5</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a></span><br />And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">2 Corinthians 1:9-10</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21-22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/65-7.htm">Psalm 65:7</a></span><br />You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-9.htm">Psalm 89:9</a></span><br />You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/93-3.htm">Psalm 93:3-4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-10.htm">Isaiah 51:10</a></span><br />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?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.</p><p class="hdg">they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-24.htm">Joshua 7:24-26</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/21-8.htm">2 Samuel 21:8,9</a></b></br> 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: … </p><p class="hdg">and the.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-9.htm">Psalm 89:9</a></b></br> Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/93-3.htm">Psalm 93:3,4</a></b></br> The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/107-29.htm">Psalm 107:29</a></b></br> He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.</p><p class="hdg">ceased.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/13-11.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/jonah/1-12.htm">Calm</a> <a href="/jonah/1-12.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Ceaseth</a> <a href="/jonah/1-12.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/jonah/1-13.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/jonah/1-7.htm">Jonah</a> <a href="/amos/8-2.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/acts/27-43.htm">Overboard</a> <a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Picked</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-10.htm">Raging</a> <a href="/jonah/1-13.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/jonah/1-5.htm">Threw</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jonah/4-1.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Calm</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/matthew/14-32.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/acts/6-13.htm">Ceaseth</a> <a href="/jonah/4-5.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Jonah</a> <a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/acts/27-18.htm">Overboard</a> <a href="/nahum/2-5.htm">Picked</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Raging</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Threw</a><div class="vheading2">Jonah 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/1-1.htm">Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/1-4.htm">He is betrayed by a great storm;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/1-11.htm">thrown into the sea;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">and swallowed by a fish.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This action highlights the severity of the storm and the desperation of the sailors. It also reflects Jonah's acceptance of responsibility for his disobedience to God's command to go to Nineveh. The act of picking up Jonah signifies a turning point in the narrative, where human action intersects with divine intervention.<p><b>and cast him into the sea,</b><br>The act of casting Jonah into the sea is significant both symbolically and literally. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, the sea often represented chaos and danger. By throwing Jonah into the sea, the sailors are symbolically returning him to the chaos from which he fled. This action also prefigures the concept of substitutionary atonement, where Jonah's sacrifice leads to the salvation of the sailors, paralleling the sacrifice of Christ for humanity's salvation.<p><b>and the raging sea grew calm.</b><br>The immediate calming of the sea upon Jonah's entry into the water demonstrates God's control over nature and His response to Jonah's act of submission. This miraculous event serves as a testament to God's power and mercy, affirming His sovereignty. It also draws a parallel to the New Testament account of Jesus calming the storm in the Gospels, showcasing a typology of Christ's authority over creation. The calming of the sea leads the sailors to fear the Lord and offer sacrifices, indicating a transformation in their understanding of the divine.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonah.htm">Jonah</a></b><br>A prophet of God who was called to deliver a message to Nineveh but initially fled from God's command.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sailors.htm">Sailors</a></b><br>The crew on the ship bound for Tarshish, who were caught in a storm due to Jonah's disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sea.htm">The Sea</a></b><br>Represents the natural world under God's control, which becomes calm after Jonah is thrown overboard.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_storm.htm">The Storm</a></b><br>A divine intervention sent by God to redirect Jonah and demonstrate His power and sovereignty.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tarshish.htm">Tarshish</a></b><br>The destination Jonah chose in his attempt to flee from God's presence, symbolizing disobedience and avoidance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nature.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nature</a></b><br>The calming of the sea demonstrates God's ultimate control over creation. We can trust in His power in the midst of life's storms.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Jonah's disobedience led to turmoil not only for himself but also for those around him. Our actions can have far-reaching effects on others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_obedience.htm">Repentance and Obedience</a></b><br>The sailors' actions reflect a turning point, as they obeyed the divine will by throwing Jonah overboard. True repentance involves aligning our actions with God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_grace.htm">God's Mercy and Grace</a></b><br>Despite Jonah's initial disobedience, God provides a way for him to fulfill his mission. God's grace is available even when we stray from His path.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_intercession.htm">The Role of Intercession</a></b><br>The sailors' prayers and actions show the importance of seeking divine intervention in times of crisis. We are encouraged to intercede for others and seek God's guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jonah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jonah 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_pagan_sailors_truly_convert_post-jonah.htm">Jonah 1:15–16 – Would experienced pagan sailors genuinely convert to worship Yahweh so abruptly after tossing Jonah overboard? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_jonah_truly_swallowed_by_a_whale.htm">Was Jonah truly swallowed by a whale?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happened_to_jonah_biblically.htm">What happened to Jonah in the biblical story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_jonah's_storm_divinely_sent.htm">Jonah 1:4 - How plausible is it that a sudden storm was divinely sent precisely to target Jonah's fleeing ship?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jonah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">Raging.</span>--Comp. <span class= "ital">maris ira,</span> Ovid. <span class= "ital">Met.</span> i. 330; <span class= "ital">iratum mare,</span> Hor. <span class= "ital">Epod.</span> ii.57.<p>"At whose burden<p>The angered ocean foams."<p>SHAKESPEARE: <span class= "ital">Ant. and Cleop.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jonah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - They took up, with a certain reverence. <span class="cmt_word">Ceased from her raging;</span> literally, <span class="accented">stood from its anger</span>; Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἔστη ἐκ</span> <span class="greek">τοῦ σάλου αὐτῆς</span>, "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 (<a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jonah/1-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">At this, they picked up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jonah</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹנָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3124.htm">Strong's 3124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jonah -- an Israelite prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and threw</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְטִלֻ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ṭi·lu·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2904.htm">Strong's 2904: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pitch over, reel, to cast down, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him into</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sea,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the raging</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזַּעְפּֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(miz·za‘·pōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2197.htm">Strong's 2197: </a> </span><span class="str2">A storming, raging, rage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sea</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">grew calm.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·mōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jonah/1-15.htm">Jonah 1:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jonah/1-15.htm">Jonah 1:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jonah/1-15.htm">Jonah 1:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jonah/1-15.htm">Jonah 1:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jonah/1-15.htm">Jonah 1:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jonah/1-15.htm">Jonah 1:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jonah/1-15.htm">Jonah 1:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jonah/1-15.htm">Jonah 1:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jonah/1-15.htm">Jonah 1:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jonah/1-15.htm">Jonah 1:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jonah/1-15.htm">OT Prophets: Jonah 1:15 So they took up Jonah and threw (Jon. 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