So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear [a]the Lord, the God of heaven, (A)who made the sea and the dry land.

Jonah Thrown into the Sea

10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “Why have you done this?” For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. 11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you that the sea may be calm for us?”—for the sea was growing more tempestuous.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 1:9 Heb. YHWH

Jonas respondeu: “Sou hebreu e adoro o Senhor, o Deus dos céus, que fez o mar e a terra”.

10 Os marinheiros ficaram apavorados quando ouviram isso, pois Jonas já havia lhes contado que estava fugindo do Senhor. “Por que fez uma coisa dessas?”, disseram. 11 E, visto que a tempestade piorava cada vez mais, perguntaram-lhe: “O que devemos fazer com você para que a tempestade se acalme?”.

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