He said to them, “I am a (A)Hebrew, and I (B)fear the Lord (C)God of heaven who (D)made the sea and the dry land.”

10 Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, “[a]How could you do this?” For the men knew that he was (E)fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. 11 So they said to him, “What should we do to you that the sea may become calm [b]for us?”—for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jonah 1:10 Lit What is this you have done
  2. Jonah 1:11 Lit from upon us