Jonah 1:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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?'

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  • 1 Sam 6:2-3 : 2 and the Philistines call for priests and for diviners, saying, `What do we do to the ark of Jehovah? let us know wherewith we send it to its place?' 3 And they say, `If ye are sending away the ark of the God of Israel, ye do not send it away empty; for ye do certainly send back to Him a guilt-offering; then ye are healed, and it hath been known to you why His hand doth not turn aside from you.'
  • 2 Sam 21:1-6 : 1 And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, `For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.' 2 And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them -- as to the Gibeonites, they `are' not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah -- 3 yea, David saith unto the Gibeonites, `What do I do for you? and with what do I make atonement? and bless ye the inheritance of Jehovah.' 4 And the Gibeonites say to him, `We have no silver and gold by Saul and by his house, and we have no man to put to death in Israel;' and he saith, `What ye are saying I do to you.' 5 And they say unto the king, `The man who consumed us, and who devised against us -- we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel -- 6 let there be given to us seven men of his sons, and we have hanged them before Jehovah, in the height of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah.' And the king saith, `I do give;'
  • 2 Sam 24:11-13 : 11 And David riseth in the morning, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying, 12 `Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, Thus said Jehovah: Three -- I am lifting up for thee, choose thee one of them, and I do `it' to thee.' 13 And Gad cometh in unto David, and declareth to him, and saith to him, `Do seven years of famine come in to thee in thy land? or three months art thou fleeing before thine adversary -- and he pursuing thee? or are three days' pestilence in thy land? now, know and see what word I take back to Him sending me.'
  • Mic 6:6-7 : 6 With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year? 7 Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born `for' my transgression? The fruit of my body `for' the sin of my soul?

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  • Jonah 1:12-16
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    91%

    12And he saith unto them, `Lift me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea doth cease from you; for I know that on my account this great tempest `is' upon you.'

    13And the men row to turn back unto the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more tempestuous against them.

    14And they cry unto Jehovah, and say, `We pray Thee, O Jehovah, let us not, we pray Thee, perish for this man's life, and do not lay on us innocent blood, for Thou, Jehovah, as Thou hast pleased, Thou hast done.'

    15And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging;

    16and the men fear Jehovah -- a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vow vows.

  • Jonah 1:3-10
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    3And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down `to' Joppa, and findeth a ship going `to' Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.

    4And Jehovah hath cast a great wind on the sea, and there is a great tempest in the sea, and the ship hath reckoned to be broken;

    5and the mariners are afraid, and cry each unto his god, and cast the goods that `are' in the ship into the sea, to make `it' light of them; and Jonah hath gone down unto the sides of the vessel, and he lieth down, and is fast asleep.

    6And 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.'

    7And they say each unto his neighbour, `Come, and we cast lots, and we know on whose account this evil `is' on us.' And they cast lots, and the lot falleth on Jonah.

    8And they say unto him, `Declare to us, we pray thee, on what account this evil `is' on us? what `is' thine occupation, and whence comest thou? what `is' thy country, seeing thou art not of this people?'

    9And he saith unto them, `A Hebrew I `am', and Jehovah, God of the heavens, I am reverencing, who made the sea and the dry land.'

    10And the men fear a great fear, and say unto him, `What `is' this thou hast done!' for the men have known that from the face of Jehovah he is fleeing, for he hath told them.

  • Matt 8:24-27
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    80%

    24and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

    25and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, `Sir, save us; we are perishing.'

    26And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm;

    27and the men wondered, saying, `What kind -- is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

  • Luke 8:23-25
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    23and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.

    24And having come near, they awoke him, saying, `Master, master, we perish;' and he, having arisen, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there came a calm,

    25and he said to them, `Where is your faith?' and they being afraid did wonder, saying unto one another, `Who, then, is this, that even the winds he doth command, and the water, and they obey him?'

  • Mark 4:37-41
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    37And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,

    38and he himself was upon the stern, upon the pillow sleeping, and they wake him up, and say to him, `Teacher, art thou not caring that we perish?'

    39And having waked up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did lull, and there was a great calm:

    40and he said to them, `Why are ye so fearful? how have ye not faith?'

    41and they feared a great fear, and said one to another, `Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

  • Ps 107:28-30
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    28And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out.

    29He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows.

    30And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leadeth them to the haven of their desire.

  • John 6:18-19
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    77%

    18the sea also -- a great wind blowing -- was being raised,

    19having pushed onwards, therefore, about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and coming nigh to the boat, and they were afraid;

  • Acts 27:39-41
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    39And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,

    40and the anchors having taken up, they were committing `it' to the sea, at the same time -- having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind -- they were making for the shore,

    41and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, having stuck fast, did remain immoveable, but the hinder-part was broken by the violence of the waves.

  • Ps 107:25-26
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    25And He saith, and appointeth a tempest, And it lifteth up its billows,

    26They go up `to' the heavens, they go down `to' the depths, Their soul in evil is melted.

  • Matt 14:32
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    32and they having gone to the boat the wind lulled,

  • Acts 27:17-18
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    17which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.

    18And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding `day' they were making a clearing,

  • Acts 27:13-15
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    13and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained `their' purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

    14and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,

    15and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given `her' up, we were borne on,

  • Matt 14:24
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    24and the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

  • Acts 27:29-30
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    29and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

    30And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as `if' out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,

  • Matt 14:26
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    26and the disciples having seen him walking upon the sea, were troubled saying -- `It is an apparition,' and from the fear they cried out;

  • Matt 14:30
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    30but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, `Sir, save me.'

  • Exod 15:10
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    10Thou hast blown with Thy wind The sea hath covered them; They sank as lead in mighty waters.

  • Mark 6:51
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    51And he went up unto them to the boat, and the wind lulled, and greatly out of measure were they amazed in themselves, and were wondering,

  • Ps 89:9
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    9Thou `art' ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.

  • Ps 65:7
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    7Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, And the multitude of the peoples.