11Then 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.


In Context

8 Then they asked him, |Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?|

9 He said to them, |I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.|

10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, |What is this that you have done?| For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

11 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.

12 He said to them, |Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.|

13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

Jonah 1:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:11Then 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:11The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:11And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:11And they said to him: What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea flowed and swelled.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:11Then 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:11Then 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:11Then 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:11And 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?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:11Then said they to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea worked, and was tempestuous.