Jonah 1:6

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⁴ Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

⁵ The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

⁷ “Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

⁸ “Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: So the ship master 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.”
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: And the chief pilot came near to him and said to him: “How can you sleep? Stand up [and] call to your God! Perhaps your God will have consideration for us and we will not perish!”

ÅB: Skibsføreren gikk da til ham og sa: Hvordan kan du sove så fast? Stå opp og rop til din gud! Kanskje den gud vil tenke på råd for oss, så vi ikke går under.
OTB: Kapteinen gikk til ham og sa, “Hvordan kan du sove? Stå opp, kall på din gud! Kanskje din gud vil legge merke til oss så vi ikke går under.”
B1930: Skibsføreren gikk da til ham og sa: Hvorledes kan du sove så fast? Stå op og rop til din gud! Kanskje den gud vil tenke på råd for oss, så vi ikke går under.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 107:28–29
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
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Jonah 3:9
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
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Mark 4:37–41
Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.
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Ephesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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2 Samuel 12:22
David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
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Psalms 107:12–13
He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
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Amos 5:15
Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
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Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
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