Jonah 1:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may subside and be calm for us? For the sea became more and more [violently] tempestuous.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹¹ They said to him, “What will we do about you so that the sea will become calm around us?” (The sea was continuing to rage.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And they said to him, "What are we to do with you, so that the sea will cease for us?" For the sea flowed and swelled.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And they said to him: What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea flowed and swelled.

Jonah 1:11 Cross References

Jonah 1:10

Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What is this that you have done!” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them so.

Jonah 1:12

He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me that this great storm has come upon you.”