Jonah 1:4-16

Legacy Standard Bible

⁴ But ^(A)Yahweh hurled a great wind on the sea, and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship gave thought to ^[a]breaking apart. ⁵ Then the sailors became fearful, and every man cried to ^(B)his god, and they ^(C)hurled the ^[b]cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it ^[c]for them. But Jonah had gone down below into the innermost part of the vessel, lain down, and fallen deep asleep. ⁶ So the captain came near to him and said to him, “How is it that you are deeply sleeping? Arise, ^(D)call on your god. Perhaps your ^(E)god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.”

⁷ Then each man said to the other, “Come, let us ^[d](F)have the lots fall so we may know on whose account this calamitous evil has struck us.” So they ^[e]had the lots fall, and the ^(G)lot fell on Jonah. ⁸ Then they said to him, “^(H)Tell us, now! On whose account has this calamitous evil struck us? What is your ^(I)occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?” ⁹ And he said to them, “I am a ^(J)Hebrew, and I ^(K)fear Yahweh, the ^(L)God of heaven, who ^(M)made the sea and the dry land.”

¹⁰ Then the men became greatly fearful, and they said to him, “What is this you have done?” For the men knew that he was ^(N)fleeing from the presence of Yahweh because he had told them. ¹¹ So they said to him, “What should we do to you that the sea may become quiet ^[f]for us?”—for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy. ¹² So he said to them, “Lift me up and hurl me into the sea. Then the sea will become quiet ^[g]for you, for I know that ^(O)on account of me this great storm has come upon you.” ¹³ However, the men ^[h]rowed desperately to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy against them. ¹⁴ Then they called on ^(P)Yahweh and said, “Ah! O Yahweh, we earnestly pray, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life, and do not put innocent blood on us; for ^(Q)You, O Yahweh, as You have pleased You have done.”

¹⁵ So they lifted Jonah up and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ^(R)stood still from its raging. ¹⁶ Then the men greatly feared Yahweh, and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made ^(S)vows.