Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then they said unto him, "What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may cease from troubling us?" For the sea wrought, and was troublous.
New American Standard Bible
So they said to him, “What should we do to you that the sea may become calm
King James Version
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
Holman Bible
So they said to him, “What should we do to you to calm this sea that’s against us?” For the sea was getting worse and worse.
International Standard Version
Because the sea was growing more and more stormy, they asked him, "What do we have to do to you so the sea will calm down for us?"
A Conservative Version
Then they said to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
American Standard Version
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
Amplified
Then they said to him, “What should we do to you, so that the sea will become calm for us?”—for the sea was becoming more and more violent.
Bible in Basic English
And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.
Darby Translation
And they said unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will say to him, What shall we do to thee and the sea shall subside from you? For the sea went and tossed about
King James 2000
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto you, that the sea may be calm for us? for the sea raged, and was tempestuous.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So they said to him, "What shall we do to you so that the sea may quiet down for us?" because the sea {was growing more and more tempestuous}.
Modern King James verseion
Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? For the sea was going on and being stormy.
NET Bible
Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"
New Heart English Bible
Then said they to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?" For the sea grew more and more stormy.
The Emphasized Bible
Then said they unto him, What shall we de to thee, that the sea may cease raging over us? For, the sea, was raging more and more.
Webster
Then said they to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they say unto him, 'What do we do to thee that the sea may cease from us, for the sea is more and more tempestuous?'
Themes
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Overtaken in his flight
Jonah » Disobedience and punishment of
Superstition » Instances of » The sailors who threw jonah into the sea
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 1:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Disobeys Yahweh
10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid and said unto him, "Why didst thou so?" For they knew that he was fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. 11 Then they said unto him, "What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may cease from troubling us?" For the sea wrought, and was troublous. 12 And he answered them, "Take me and cast me in to the sea, and so shall it let you be in rest: for I know it is for my sake, that this great tempest is come upon you."
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 6:2-3
the Philistines called for the priests and the soothsayers saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us wherewith we shall send it home again."
2 Samuel 21:1-6
Then there fell a hunger in the days of David: three years, year by year. And David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, "It is for Saul's sake and the house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites."
2 Samuel 24:11-13
And when David was up in a morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
Micah 6:6-7
"What acceptable thing shall I offer unto the LORD? Shall I bow my knee to the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, and with calves of a year old?