10. When the sailors heard this, they were frightened, because Jonah had already told them he was running from the Lord. Then they said, “Do you know what you have done?”
11. The storm kept getting worse, until finally the sailors asked him, “What should we do with you to make the sea calm down?”
12. Jonah told them, “Throw me into the sea, and it will calm down. I'm the cause of this terrible storm.”
13. The sailors tried their best to row to the shore. But they could not do it, and the storm kept getting worse every minute.
14. So they prayed to the Lord, “Please don't let us drown for taking this man's life. Don't hold us guilty for killing an innocent man. All this happened because you wanted it to.”
15. Then they threw Jonah overboard, and the sea calmed down.
16. The sailors were so terrified that they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made all kinds of promises.
17. The Lord sent a big fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.