Jonah 1:6 (WEB)

Passage

So the ship master 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.”

Nearby Context

Jonah 1:4 But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

Jonah 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

Jonah 1:6 So the ship master 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.”

Jonah 1:7 They all said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

Jonah 1:8 Then they asked him, “Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "ship", "master", "came", "said", "mean", "sleeper", "arise", and "call". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "ship" and "master", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Then the mariners were afraid and every..." into verse 7's "They all said to each other Come...", so "ship" and "master" belong inside that flow. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "ship" and "master" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.