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Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/jonah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> So the captain went down after him. “How can you sleep at a time like this?” he shouted. “Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.” <a href="/esv/jonah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.” <a href="/bsb/jonah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/kjv/jonah/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jonah/1.htm">New King James Version</a> So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.” <a href="/nasb_/jonah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So the captain approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.” <a href="/nasb/jonah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> So the captain approached him and said, &#8220How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/jonah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So the captain approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.” <a href="/lsb/jonah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So the captain came near to him and said to him, “How is it that you are deeply sleeping? Arise, call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.” <a href="/amp/jonah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/csb/jonah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god. Maybe this god will consider us, and we won’t perish.” <a href="/hcsb/jonah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The captain approached him and said, &#8220What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god. Maybe this god will consider us, and we won&#8217t perish."&#8221 <a href="/asv/jonah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/jonah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The ship's captain went to him and said, "How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Maybe he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning." <a href="/erv/jonah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/jonah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The captain of the ship went to him and asked, "How can you sleep? Get up, and pray to your God. Maybe he will notice us, and we won't die." <a href="/gnt/jonah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> The captain found him there and said to him, "What are you doing asleep? Get up and pray to your god for help. Maybe he will feel sorry for us and spare our lives." <a href="/isv/jonah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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 href="/msb/jonah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/jonah/1.htm">NET Bible</a> 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!" <a href="/nheb/jonah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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." <a href="/wbt/jonah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/jonah/1.htm">World English Bible</a> 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.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jonah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the chief of the company draws near to him and says to him, “What are you [doing], O sleeper? Rise, call to your God, it may be God considers Himself of us, and we do not perish.” <a href="/ylt/jonah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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.' <a href="/slt/jonah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jonah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him: Why art thou fast asleep? rise up, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think of us, that we may not perish. <a href="/cpdv/jonah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the helmsman approached him, and he said to him, “Why are you weighed down with sleep? Rise, call upon your God, so perhaps God will be mindful of us and we might not perish.” <a href="/nabre/jonah/1.htm">New American Bible</a> The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps this god will be mindful of us so that we will not perish.” <a href="/nrsvce/jonah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The captain came and said to him, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps the god will spare us a thought so that we do not perish.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jonah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So the captain came to him and said to him, Why are you sleeping? Arise, call upon your God, perhaps God will deliver us, that we perish not. <a href="/hpbt/jonah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the High Sailor came to him and said to him: ’why are you sleeping? Arise, call to your God! Perhaps God will save us and we will not be destroyed!’<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jonah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him: 'What meanest thou that thou sleepest? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.' <a href="/sep/jonah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snorest thou? arise, and call upon thy God, that God may save us, and we perish not. <a href="/parallel/jonah/1-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfTdDqEKJXA?start=59" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jonah/1.htm">The Great Storm</a> …5The 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. 6<a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: raḇ (N-msc) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">The captain</a> <a href="/hebrew/2259.htm" title="2259: ha·ḥō·ḇêl (Art:: N-ms) -- Sailor. Active participle from chabal; a sailor."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: way·yiq·raḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">approached</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">“How</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">can you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7290.htm" title="7290: nir·dām (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be in or fall into heavy sleep. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Stupefy.">sleep?</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qūm (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">Get up</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qə·rā (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and call</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God.</a> <a href="/hebrew/194.htm" title="194: ’ū·lay (Adv) -- Perhaps. Or rulay; from 'ow; if not; hence perhaps.">Perhaps</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">this God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6245.htm" title="6245: yiṯ·‘aš·šêṯ (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3ms) -- To be sleek, glossy, to excogitate. A primitive root; probably to be sleek, i.e. Glossy; hence to excogitate.">will consider</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- ">us,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">so that</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: nō·ḇêḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">we may not perish.”</a> 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/mark/4-38.htm">Mark 4:38-40</a> But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?” / Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm. / “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?” <a href="/matthew/8-25.htm">Matthew 8:25-26</a> The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” / “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. <a href="/luke/8-24.htm">Luke 8:24-25</a> The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. / “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!” <a href="/acts/27-23.htm">Acts 27:23-25</a> For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me / and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’ / So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me. <a href="/psalms/107-28.htm">Psalm 107:28-30</a> Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress. / He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed. / They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired. <a href="/matthew/14-30.htm">Matthew 14:30-31</a> But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” / Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?” <a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm">1 Kings 18:27</a> At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!” <a href="/psalms/44-23.htm">Psalm 44:23</a> Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever. <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a> Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? <a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Jeremiah 10:10</a> But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation. <a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Nahum 1:6</a> Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him. <a href="/psalms/3-5.htm">Psalm 3:5</a> I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me. <a href="/psalms/121-4.htm">Psalm 121:4</a> Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. <a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Romans 13:11</a> And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. <a href="/ephesians/5-14.htm">Ephesians 5:14</a> So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What mean you, O sleeper? arise, call on your God, if so be that God will think on us, that we perish not.What.<a href="/isaiah/3-15.htm">Isaiah 3:15</a> What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.<a href="/ezekiel/18-2.htm">Ezekiel 18:2</a> What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?<a href="/acts/21-13.htm">Acts 21:13</a> Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.arise.<a href="/psalms/78-34.htm">Psalm 78:34</a> When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.<a href="/psalms/107-6.htm">Psalm 107:6,12,13,18-20,28,29</a> Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses… <a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Jeremiah 2:27,28</a> Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us… if.<a href="/jonah/3-9.htm">Jonah 3:9</a> Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?<a href="/2_samuel/12-22.htm">2 Samuel 12:22</a> And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?<a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Esther 4:16</a> Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/9-21.htm">Approached</a> <a href="/jonah/1-2.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-37.htm">Bethink</a> <a href="/daniel/11-18.htm">Captain</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-11.htm">Chance</a> <a href="/amos/6-6.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Company</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-9.htm">Concerned</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-12.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Draweth</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm">Maybe</a> <a href="/daniel/5-26.htm">Mean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-18.htm">Meanest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-14.htm">Notice</a> <a href="/amos/5-15.htm">Perhaps</a> <a href="/amos/3-15.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/hosea/7-14.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/jonah/1-2.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Shipmaster</a> <a href="/acts/27-32.htm">Ship's</a> <a href="/psalms/78-65.htm">Sleeper</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-22.htm">Sleepest</a> <a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/hosea/7-15.htm">Think</a> <a href="/hosea/2-23.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/amos/4-13.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-8.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/14-15.htm">Approached</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Bethink</a> <a href="/matthew/8-5.htm">Captain</a> <a href="/matthew/13-29.htm">Chance</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-19.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/matthew/14-6.htm">Company</a> <a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">Concerned</a> <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Draweth</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-37.htm">Maybe</a> <a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Mean</a> <a href="/genesis/33-8.htm">Meanest</a> <a href="/matthew/5-31.htm">Notice</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Perhaps</a> <a href="/jonah/1-14.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/jonah/2-1.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Shipmaster</a> <a href="/acts/27-16.htm">Ship's</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-14.htm">Sleeper</a> <a href="/mark/14-37.htm">Sleepest</a> <a href="/nahum/3-18.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-12.htm">Think</a> <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/micah/2-8.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/micah/1-11.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Jonah 1</div>1. <a href="/jonah/1-1.htm">Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish.</a> 4. <a href="/jonah/1-4.htm">He is betrayed by a great storm;</a> 11. <a href="/jonah/1-11.htm">thrown into the sea;</a> 17. <a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">and swallowed by a fish.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His approach to Jonah highlights the desperation of the crew amidst the storm. In ancient maritime culture, captains were responsible for the safety of the ship and its crew, making his intervention significant. This moment underscores the severity of the storm, as even the captain is seeking divine intervention.How can you sleep? Jonah's sleep during the storm is symbolic of his spiritual apathy and disobedience. In biblical literature, sleep can represent ignorance or avoidance of responsibility. Jonah's indifference contrasts with the sailors' frantic efforts to save the ship, highlighting his reluctance to fulfill God's command. This echoes the spiritual slumber of those who turn away from God's call.Get up and call upon your God. The captain's command to Jonah to pray reflects the polytheistic beliefs of the sailors, who were likely calling upon their own gods. This plea for divine intervention shows their desperation and belief in the power of prayer. It also serves as a reminder of Jonah's prophetic role and his duty to intercede with God, despite his current rebellion.Perhaps this God will consider us, The use of "perhaps" indicates uncertainty and hope. The sailors, unfamiliar with the God of Israel, express a tentative faith that Jonah's God might have the power to save them. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern practice of seeking favor from multiple deities in times of crisis, hoping one would respond.so that we may not perish. The fear of perishing at sea was a common concern in ancient times, as maritime travel was perilous. The sailors' plea for survival highlights the life-and-death stakes of the situation. This phrase also foreshadows the broader theme of salvation in the book of Jonah, where God's mercy extends beyond Israel to the Gentiles, prefiguring the universal offer of salvation through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jonah.htm">Jonah</a> A prophet of God who is fleeing from God's command to go to Nineveh. He is found sleeping in the ship during a violent storm. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_captain.htm">The Captain</a> The leader of the ship's crew who approaches Jonah, urging him to pray to his god in hopes of saving the ship and its crew from the storm. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_ship.htm">The Ship</a> The vessel carrying Jonah to Tarshish, away from Nineveh, which is caught in a severe storm sent by God. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_storm.htm">The Storm</a> A divinely sent tempest that threatens to destroy the ship, symbolizing God's intervention and pursuit of Jonah. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_sea.htm">The Sea</a> Represents chaos and danger, often used in Scripture to symbolize the unknown and the uncontrollable forces of nature.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/a/awareness_of_god's_sovereignty.htm">Awareness of God's Sovereignty</a> Recognize that God is in control of all circumstances, including the storms in our lives. Just as He sent the storm to redirect Jonah, He can use challenges to guide us back to His will. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_prayer.htm">The Call to Prayer</a> In times of crisis, prayer should be our first response. The captain's plea to Jonah to call on his god reminds us of the power and necessity of prayer in seeking divine intervention. <a href="/topical/r/responsibility_and_accountability.htm">Responsibility and Accountability</a> Jonah's initial disobedience led to the storm, teaching us that our actions have consequences not only for ourselves but also for those around us. We must be accountable for our choices. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_vigilance.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Vigilance</a> Jonah's sleep during the storm symbolizes spiritual apathy. We must remain vigilant and spiritually awake, ready to respond to God's call at all times. <a href="/topical/i/interfaith_sensitivity.htm">Interfaith Sensitivity</a> The captain's openness to Jonah's God highlights the importance of respecting and understanding different faith perspectives, especially in times of shared crisis.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jonah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jonah 1</a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_82_1_fit_with_deut._6_4.htm">How can a 'divine council' (Psalm 82:1) fit with passages claiming there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4)?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_hate_if_'god_is_love'.htm">Why does Proverbs 6:16-19 say God hates certain behaviors if 'God is love' elsewhere (e.g., 1 John 4:8)?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_relent_in_2_kings_1_13-17.htm">In 2 Kings 1:13-17, why does God suddenly relent upon the third captain's approach, and does this shift in response align with consistent divine attributes elsewhere in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_'one_god'_with_other_'gods'.htm">If, according to 1 Corinthians 8:6, there is only 'one God,' how do we reconcile this with other passages where divine beings or 'gods' are mentioned (e.g., Psalm 82)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jonah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) The shipmaster . . .--Literally, the chief of those who work at the rope. Jewish nautical terms are infrequent and therefore obscure. The word mariners, in <a href="/jonah/1-5.htm" title="Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.">Jonah 1:5</a>, correctly renders a term which seems, from its use in <a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm" title="The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, were your pilots.">Ezekiel 27:8</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-27.htm" title="Your riches, and your fairs, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, that are in you, and in all your company which is in the middle of you, shall fall into the middle of the seas in the day of your ruin.">Ezekiel 27:27</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-29.htm" title="And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand on the land;">Ezekiel 27:29</a>, as well as from its derivation (from salt; comp. the term "old salts"), to denote seafaring men generally. "Those who work the ropes" may be either "steersmen" or "topmen" as contrasted with rowers.What meanest . . .--Literally, What to thee sleeping? i.e., How canst thou sleep so soundly? The motive of the question was no doubt partly the need of sympathy, as in the case of the disciples (<a href="/mark/4-38.htm" title="And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say to him, Master, care you not that we perish?">Mark 4:38</a>), partly a belief in the efficacy of the prophet's prayer. This belief seems to have sprung not solely from superstitious fear lest any deity should be overlooked, but from a vague sense that the God of Israel was pre-eminently great and good. The term used is ha Elohim, "the God." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jonah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - The shipmaster; literally, the chief of the ropemen; Vulgate, gubernator; Septuagint, ὁ πρωρεύς, "the look out man." The captain. What meanest thou, O sleeper? How canst thou sleep so soundly when our danger is so imminent? If thou canst help us in no other way, at least ask the aid of Heaven. It was the duty of a prophet of the Lord to take the lead in prayer; but here the prophet's stupor is rebuked by the heathen's faith. Call upon thy God. The sailors' prayers had not been answered, and they arouse Jonah, noting something special about him, perhaps his prophet's dress, or observing that he was an Israelite, and therefore a worshipper of Jehovah, of whose power they had heard. If so be that God will think upon us. They use the word "God" with the article, ha Eiohim, as if they had, in spite of their Polytheism, a dim notion of one supreme Deity. Vulgate, Si forte recogitet Deus de nobis; Septuagint, ὅπως διασώση ὁ Θεὸς ἡμᾶς, "that God may save us." From the apparent use, of the Hebrew word (ashath) in <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Jeremiah 5:28</a> in the sense of "shining," some translate here, "if perchance God will shine upon us," i.e. be favourable to us. But the meaning given in the Anglican Version is best supported. So the psalmist says, "The Lord thinketh upon me" (<a href="/psalms/40-17.htm">Psalm 40:17</a>), implying that God succours and defends him. <a href="/commentaries/jonah/1-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The captain רַ֣ב (raḇ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> Much, many, great approached וַיִּקְרַ֤ב (way·yiq·raḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> To come near, approach him and said, וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “How מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what can you לְּךָ֣ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> sleep? נִרְדָּ֑ם (nir·dām) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7290.htm">Strong's 7290: </a> To be in or fall into heavy sleep Get up ק֚וּם (qūm) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand [and] call קְרָ֣א (qə·rā) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read upon אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to your God. אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Perhaps אוּלַ֞י (’ū·lay) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_194.htm">Strong's 194: </a> Perhaps this God הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative will consider us, יִתְעַשֵּׁ֧ת (yiṯ·‘aš·šêṯ) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6245.htm">Strong's 6245: </a> To be sleek, glossy, to excogitate so that וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no we may not perish.” נֹאבֵֽד׃ (nō·ḇêḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> To wander away, lose oneself, to perish <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jonah/1-6.htm">OT Prophets: Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him (Jon. 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