¹⁴ So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you. ¹⁵ So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry. ¹⁶ Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.

¹⁷ And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

¹ Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,

² In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. ³ For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me. ⁴ And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple? ⁵ The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head. ⁶ I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God. ⁷ When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple. ⁸ The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope. ⁹ But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.

¹⁰ And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.