⁴ But the Lord hurled a great wind toward the sea, and there was a violent tempest on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.^{(A) 5} Then the sailors were afraid, and each man cried out to his god; and to lighten the ship [and diminish the danger] they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship and had lain down and was sound asleep. ⁶ So the captain came up to him and said, “How can you stay asleep? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps your god will give a thought to us so that we will not perish.”