Jonah 1:5-11

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his god.^(A) They threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load.^(B) Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel and had stretched out and fallen into a deep sleep.^(C)

⁶ The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god.^[a](D) Maybe this god will consider us,^(E) and we won’t perish.”

⁷ “Come on!” the sailors said to each other. “Let’s cast lots.^(F) Then we’ll know who is to blame for this trouble we’re in.” So they cast lots, and the lot singled out Jonah.^{(G) 8} Then they said to him, “Tell us who is to blame for this trouble we’re in.^(H) What is your business,^(I) and where are you from? What is your country, and what people are you from?”

⁹ He answered them, “I’m a Hebrew.^(J) I worship^[b] the Lord,^(K) the God of the heavens,^(L) who made the sea^(M) and the dry land.”

¹⁰ Then the men were seized by a great fear and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew he was fleeing from the Lord’s presence^(N) because he had told them. ¹¹ So they said to him, “What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?” For the sea was getting worse and worse.