11. They asked, “What shall we do with you, that the sea may calm down for us?” For the sea was growing more and more stormy.
12. Jonah responded, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea and then the sea will calm down for you. For I know that this great storm has come upon you because of me.”
13. Still the men rowed hard to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy.
14. Then they cried to the Lord: “Please, O Lord, do not let us perish for taking this man’s life; do not charge us with shedding innocent blood, for you, Lord, have accomplished what you desired.”
15. Then they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
16. Seized with great fear of the Lord, the men offered sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.