• Jonah 1:5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 5 The mariners were so frightened that each of them began to call on his god for help. And they began throwing the articles of the ship into the sea, to make it lighter.+ But Joʹnah had gone down into the inner part of the ship,* where he lay down and fell fast asleep.

  • Jonah 1:5
    The Bible in Living English

    • 5 and the sailors were afraid, and each cried to his god, and flung into the sea the things they had in the ship, to have it be easier on them; but Jonah had gone down into the hold and lain down and was fast asleep.

  • Jonah 1:5
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 5 Then were the mariners afraid and made outcry every man unto his own god, and they hurled the wares which were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them,—but Jonah had gone down into the hinder parts of the vessel, and had lain down and fallen into a sound sleep.

  • Jonah 1:5
    King James Version

    • 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.