Jonah 1:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”

KJV

¶ 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.may…: Heb. may be silent from uswrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

And they say to him, “What do we do to you that the sea may cease from us, for the sea is more and more turbulent?”

YLT

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?'

DBY

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.

DRC

And they said to him: What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea flowed and swelled.

GNV

Then saide they vnto him, What shall we doe vnto thee, that the sea may be calme vnto vs? (for the sea wrought and was troublous)

JPS

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.

LXXE

And they said to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea rose, and lifted its wave exceedingly.Gr. went.

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WLC

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ אֵלָיו֙ מַה־נַּ֣עֲשֶׂה לָּ֔ךְ וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק הַיָּ֖ם מֵֽעָלֵ֑ינוּ כִּ֥י הַיָּ֖ם הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וְסֹעֵֽר׃

LXX-Br

καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτὸν, τί ποιήσομέν σοι, καὶ κοπάσει ἡ θάλασσα ἀφʼ ἡμῶν; ὅτι ἡ θάλασσα ἐπορεύετο καὶ ἐξήγειρε μᾶλλον κλύδωνα.

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• Jonah and the great fish Jonah flees God's call to Nineveh; thrown overboard, he is swallowed by a great fish and returned to land. Sent again, he warns the city; it…

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