Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So the captain approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up,
King James Version
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Holman Bible
The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god.
International Standard Version
So the captain approached him, and told him, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Call on your gods! Maybe your god will think about us so we won't die!"
A Conservative Version
So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What do thou mean, O sleeper? Arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we not perish.
American Standard Version
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Amplified
So the captain came up to him and said, “How can you stay asleep? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps your god will give a thought to us so that we will not perish.”
Bible in Basic English
And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.
Darby Translation
And the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, sleeper? arise, call upon thy God; perhaps God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Julia Smith Translation
And the chief sailor will draw near to him and say to him, What to thee, thou snoring? Arise, and call to thy God; perhaps thy God will work for us and we shall not perish.
King James 2000
So the captain came to him, and said unto him, What mean you, O sleeper? arise, call upon your God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the captain of the ship approached him and said to him, "Why are you {sound asleep}? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps [your] god will take notice of us and we won't perish!"
Modern King James verseion
And the chief of the seaman came to him and said to him, What is it to you, O sound sleeper? Arise, call upon your God! It may be that our god will notice us, and we will not perish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the master of the ship came to him and said unto him, "Why slumberest thou? Up! And call unto thy god, that God may think on us, that we perish not."
NET Bible
The ship's captain approached him and said, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!"
New Heart English Bible
So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God. Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish."
The Emphasized Bible
Then drew near unto him the shipmaster, and said to him, What meanest thou, O sound sleeper? Arise, cry unto thy God, Peradventure God will bethink himself of us, that we perish not.
Webster
So the ship-master came to him, and said to him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, it may be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
World English Bible
So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish."
Youngs Literal Translation
And the chief of the company draweth near to him, and saith to him, 'What -- to thee, O sleeper? rise, call unto thy God, it may be God doth bethink himself of us, and we do not perish.'
Themes
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Superstition » Instances of » The sailors who threw jonah into the sea
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Disobeys Yahweh
5
The sailors were so afraid that each man cried out to his own god. They threw the cargo that was on the ship into the sea to lighten the load. At that time Jonah was fast asleep down in the innermost parts of the ship.
6 So the captain approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up,
Names
Cross References
Jonah 3:9
Who knows whether God will turn back and change his mind, and turn away from his fierce anger that we will not perish?
2 Samuel 12:22
David replied: I fasted and cried while the child lived. I thought Jehovah might be gracious to me and let the child live.
Amos 5:15
Hate evil, and love good! Establish justice in the gate. It may be that Jehovah, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Esther 4:16
Go assemble all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me. Take no food or drink night or day for three days. My women and I will do the same. Then I will go in to the king even though it is against the law. If death is to be my fate, then let it come.
Psalm 78:34
When he killed some of them, the rest searched for him. They turned from their sins and eagerly looked for God.
Psalm 107:6
Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble. He delivered them out of their distress.
Psalm 107:12-13
He humbled them with hard work. They fell down, but no one was there to help them.
Psalm 107:18-20
All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.
Psalm 107:28-29
In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He led them from their troubles.
Isaiah 3:15
What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the face of the poor? Declares Jehovah of Hosts.
Jeremiah 2:27-28
You call wood your father. You call stone your mother. You turned your backs, not your faces, to me. But when you are in trouble, you ask me to come and rescue you.
Ezekiel 18:2
What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel: 'The fathers eat sour grapes, but the children's teeth are set on edge?'
Joel 2:11
Jehovah speaks before his army. His camp is very great! He is strong that executes his word. The Day of Jehovah is great and very terrible! Who can endure it?
Mark 4:37-41
A great windstorm came up and the waves came into the boat.
Acts 21:13
Why do you weep and break my heart? Paul answered: For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Romans 13:11
You know the time. It is the hour for you to awake from sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers.
Ephesians 5:14
For this reason it says: Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.