Jonah 1:12
12 He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, ▼▼tn Heb “quiet for you”; cf. NAB “that it may quiet down for you.”
because I know it’s my fault ▼▼sn Heb “on my account.” Jonah and the sailors appear to show dialectical sensitivity to each other in how they say this. See the note at v.
8.
you are in this severe storm.”