Berean Standard Bible
“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.””
Jonah has boarded a ship heading away from Nineveh, and the LORD hurls a great wind that threatens to break the ship apart. The pagan sailors call on their gods while Jonah sleeps in the hold.
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Berean Standard Bible (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.”
World English Bible (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.”
King James Version (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.
American Standard Version (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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Y el maestre de la nave se llegó á él, y le dijo: ¿Qué tienes, dormilón? Levántate, y clama á tu Dios; quizá él tendrá compasión de nosotros, y no pereceremos.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
El capitán bajó a buscarlo y, cuando lo encontró, le gritó: ―¿Qué haces aquí dormido? ¡No es tiempo de dormir! ¡Levántate y clama a tu Dios! ¡Quizás tenga misericordia de nosotros y nos salve!
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