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# So the captain came to him and said to him
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"The man in charge of the ship went to Jonah and said"
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# What are you doing sleeping?
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"Why are you sleeping?" He used this rhetorical question to scold Jonah. Alternate translation: "Stop sleeping!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# Get up!
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This refers to doing some activity. For Jonah, the Captain is telling him to wake up and pray to his god for safe passage. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# Call upon your god!
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"Pray to your god!" "Call" refers to getting the attention of someone. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# Maybe your god will notice us and we will not perish
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The implicit information that Jonah's god might save them could be made explicit. Alternate translation: "Maybe your god will hear and save us so that we will not die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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