“Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy.”
Jonah 1:11 (WEB)
Context Reading
9He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the Godof heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.” 10Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “What have you done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them. 11Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy. 12He said to them, “Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.” 13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.