Jonah 1:11

11 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.

Jonah 1:11 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)

11 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”

Jonah 1:11 — English Standard Version (ESV)

11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

Jonah 1:11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

11 And since the storm was getting worse all the time, they asked him, “What should we do to you to stop this storm?”

Jonah 1:11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you that the sea may be calm for us?”—for the sea was growing more tempestuous.

Jonah 1:11 — New Century Version (NCV)

11 Since the wind and the waves of the sea were becoming much stronger, they said to him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”

Jonah 1:11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

11 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.

Jonah 1:11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Jonah 1:11 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

11 The storm was getting worse. So they asked Jonah, “What should we do with you to calm the sea?”

Jonah 1:11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 So they said to him, “What should we do to you to calm this sea that’s against us?” For the sea was getting worse and worse.

Jonah 1:11 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea was growing more and more tempestuous.

Jonah 1:11 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11 So they said to him, “What shall we do to you so that the sea may quiet down for us?” because the sea was growing more and more tempestuous.

Jonah 1:11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

11 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down?”

Jonah 1:11 — New American Standard Bible (1995) (NASB95)

11 So they said to him, “What should we do to you that the sea may become calm for us?”—for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy.

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†	Heb. may be silent from us. ver. 12. See Ps. 107:30.
\|\|	Or, grew more and more tempestuous.
†	Heb. went. ver. 13. Gen. 8:3, 5. & 26:13. Judg. 4:24. 1 Sam. 2:26. & 14:19. 2 Sam. 3:1, 16. & 5:10. & 18:25. 2 Chr. 17:12. Esther 9:4. Ps. 126:6. Prov. 4:18. Jer. 41:6. Zech. 8:21.