Jonah 1:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
  • 2 Sam 12:22 : 22 And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?
  • Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
  • Ps 78:34 : 34 When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;
  • Ps 107:6 : 6 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;
  • Ps 107:12-13 : 12 So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper. 13 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.
  • Ps 107:18-20 : 18 They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death. 19 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles. 20 He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.
  • Ps 107:28-29 : 28 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles. 29 He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.
  • Isa 3:15 : 15 By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
  • Jer 2:27-28 : 27 Who say to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have given me life: for their backs have been turned to me, not their faces: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Up! and be our saviour. 28 But where are the gods you have made for yourselves? let them come, if they are able to give you salvation in the time of your trouble: for the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah.
  • Ezek 18:2 : 2 Why do you make use of this saying about the land of Israel, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are on edge?
  • Joel 2:11 : 11 And the Lord is thundering before his forces; for very great is his army; for he is strong who gives effect to his word: for the day of the Lord is great and greatly to be feared, and who has strength against it?
  • Mark 4:37-41 : 37 And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full. 38 And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction? 39 And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith? 41 And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

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  • Jonah 1:1-5
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    1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

    2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

    3 And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

    4 And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.

    5 Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.

  • Jonah 1:7-16
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    7 And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.

    8 Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?

    9 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.

    10 And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.

    11 And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

    12 And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

    13 And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

    14 So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.

    15 So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.

    16 Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.

  • Mark 4:37-38
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    76%

    37 And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

    38 And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

  • Matt 8:24-26
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    24 And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

    25 And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

    26 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

  • Jonah 2:1-2
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    1 And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

    2 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,

  • Jonah 4:8-10
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    8 Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.

    9 And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.

    10 And the Lord said, You had pity on the vine, for which you did no work and for the growth of which you were not responsible; which came up in a night and came to an end in a night;

  • Luke 8:23-24
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    23 But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

    24 Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

  • Jonah 4:1-2
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    1 But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.

    2 And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.

  • Jonah 2:10
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    10 But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.

  • Acts 27:29-30
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    29 Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day.

    30 Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;

  • Acts 27:26-27
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    26 But we will be sent on to a certain island.

    27 But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;

  • Acts 27:39
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    39 And when it was day, they had no knowledge of the land, but they saw an inlet of the sea with a floor of sand, and they had the idea of driving the ship up on to it if possible.

  • Jonah 3:1-2
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    1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,

    2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.

  • Acts 27:17-20
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    17 And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.

    18 And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;

    19 And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.

    20 And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.

  • Acts 27:41
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    41 And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

  • Luke 22:46
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    46 And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

  • Ps 44:23
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    23 Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

  • Acts 27:10
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    10 Saying, Friends, I see that this journey will be one of great damage and loss, not only to the goods and the ship, but to ourselves.

  • Matt 14:30
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    30 But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

  • Jonah 3:4
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    4 And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.

  • Jonah 4:4
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    4 And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?