Jon 1:11-16 | ESV | STEP | Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us? For the sea grew more and more tempestuous .

Jonah 1:11-16

11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea grew more and more tempestuous. 12 He said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, ^afor I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.” 13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard ^{▼▼Hebrew the men dug in [their oars]} to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. 14 Therefore they called out to the Lord, “O Lord, let us not perish for this man’s life, and ^clay not on us innocent blood, ^dfor you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.” 15 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, ^eand the sea ceased from its raging. 16 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, ^fand they offered a sacrifice to the Lord ^gand made vows.