- So they said to him, "What should we do to you that the sea may become calm for us?"--for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy.
- He said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you."
- However, the men rowed desperately to return to land but they could not, for the sea was becoming even stormier against them.
- Then they called on the LORD and said, "We earnestly pray, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man's life and do not put innocent blood on us; for You, O LORD, have done as You have pleased."
- So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.
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- The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"
- "Pick me up and throw me into the sea," he replied, "and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you."
- Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.
- Then they cried to the LORD, "O LORD, please do not let us die for taking this man's life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, O LORD, have done as you pleased."
- Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.
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