Jonah 1:11 BSB — MannaFest

Jonah 1:11

Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

KJV

Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

What shall we do unto thee? - They knew him to be a prophet; they ask him the mind of his God. The lots had marked out Jonah as the cause of the storm; Jonah had himself admitted it, and that the storm was for “his” cause, and came from “his” God . “Great was he who fled, greater He who required him. They dare not give him up; they cannot conceal him. They blame the fault; they confess their fear; they ask “him” the remedy, who was the author of the sin.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

What shall we do unto thee?--They ask this, as Jonah himself must best know how his God is to be appeased. "We would gladly save thee, if we can do so, and yet be saved ourselves" (Jon 1:13, 14).

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
אֵלָיו֙	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
נַּ֣עֲשֶׂה	Na.'a.seh	will we do	H6213 →
לָּ֔ךְ	Lakh	to <the> you
וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק	ve.yish.Tok	so it may be calm	H8367 →
הַיָּ֖ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
מֵֽעָלֵ֑ינוּ	me.'a.Lei.nu	from on <the> us	H5921 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
הַיָּ֖ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
הוֹלֵ֥ךְ	ho.Lekh	[was] going	H1980 →
וְסֹעֵֽר׃	ve.so.'Er	and storming	H5590 →