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Jonah 1:5

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

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
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The sailors were terrified and each cried for help to his own god. They threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter. Meanwhile Jonah had gone down into the bottom of the ship and lay fast asleep.

Open English Bible (US)
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The sailors were terrified and each cried for help to his own god. They threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter. Meanwhile Jonah had gone down into the bottom of the ship and lay fast asleep.