Jonah 1:7-16 - Jonah Is Thrown Into The Sea

⁷ And they said - every one unto his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may get to know for whose sake this calamity is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. ⁸ Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose sake this calamity is upon us? What is thy business? and from whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

⁹ And he said unto them, A Hebrew, am I, - and, Yahweh, the God of the heavens, do, I, revere, him who made the sea, and the dry land.

¹⁰ Then did the men revere with great reverence, and said unto him, What is it thou hast done? For the men knew that, away from the presence of Yahweh, he was fleeing, - for he had told them. ¹¹ Then said they unto him, What shall we de to thee, that the sea may cease raging over us? For, the sea, was raging more and more.

¹² And he said unto them, Take me up, and hurl me into the sea, that the sea may cease raging over you, - for I do know that, for my sake, is this great tempest upon you. ¹³ Nevertheless the men, wrought hard, to bring it back unto the land, but could not, - for, the sea, was raging over them more and more.

¹⁴ Then cried they unto Yahweh, and said, Ah now, Yahweh, pray let it not be that we perish for this man's life, neither lay upon us innocent blood, - for, thou, O Yahweh, as thou hast pleased, hast ever done. ¹⁵ So they took up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, - and the sea, left off, her roaring. ¹⁶ Then did the men revere Yahweh with a great reverence, - and offered sacrifice to Yahweh, and vowed vows.