Jonah 1:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJonah 1:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּקְרַ֤ב
qârab
H7126
to approach
אֵלָיו֙
ʼêl
H413
to
רַ֣ב
rab
H7227
many
הַחֹבֵ֔ל
chôbêl
H2259
sailor
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
ל֖וֹ
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
לְּךָ֣
נִרְדָּ֑ם
râdam
H7290
to sleep
ק֚וּם
qûwm
H6965
to rise
קְרָ֣א
qârâʼ
H7121
to call
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אוּלַ֞י
ʼûwlay
H194
perhaps
יִתְעַשֵּׁ֧ת
ʻâshath
H6245
to gleam
הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
לָ֖נוּ
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
נֹאבֵֽד
ʼâbad
H6
to perish
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World English Bible Public Domain
So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your gods! Maybe the gods will notice us, so that we won't perish."
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then the captain of the crew came to him and said to him, “What to you, sleeping? Get up! Cry out to your god! Maybe that god will notice us, and we will not perish.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).