Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.”


World English Bible (WEB)

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.”


Strong's King James

So the shipmaster{H7227}{H2259} came{H7126}{(H8799)} to him, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper{H7290}{(H8737)}? arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, call{H7121}{(H8798)} upon thy God{H430}, if so be that God{H430} will think{H6245}{(H8691)} upon us, that we perish{H6}{(H8799)} not.


The F.O.G *

So the captain approached him, and said to him, "How can you be sleeping? Get up! Call on your God. Perhaps *God will consider us so that we don't perish.


The F.O.G Message *


Young's Literal Translation

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.’


Jonah 1:6 Notes

*Literally a 'god' as this sailor wasn't a true believer in יהוה Yahweh yet.

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