Jonah 1:11-13

Contemporary English Version

¹¹ The storm kept getting worse, until finally the sailors asked him, “What should we do with you to make the sea calm down?”

¹² Jonah told them, “Throw me into the sea, and it will calm down. I'm the cause of this terrible storm.”

¹³ The sailors tried their best to row to the shore. But they could not do it, and the storm kept getting worse every minute.