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12 He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you,[a] because I know it’s my fault[b] you are in this severe storm.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 1:12 tn Heb “quiet for you”; cf. NAB “that it may quiet down for you.”
  2. Jonah 1:12 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.

12 “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.”(A)

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