Jonah 1:10-17

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁰ Then the men were terrified and said to him, “What have you done?” The men already knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them so.

¹¹ Then, because the storm on the sea kept getting worse, they said to him, “What should we do to you, to quiet the sea that is raging against us?”

¹² He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will calm down for you, for I know that this violent storm striking against you has come about because of me.”

¹³ Instead, the men rowed hard to return the ship to dry land, but they could not, because the storm on the sea kept getting worse for them. ¹⁴ So they cried out to the Lord and said, “Please, Lord, please do not let us perish because of this man’s life, and do not charge innocent blood against us, for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.” ¹⁵ So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. ¹⁶ Then the men feared the Lord greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.

¹⁷ Then the Lord provided a large fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.^[a]