John 6:18
New International Version
A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough.

New Living Translation
Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough.

English Standard Version
The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.

Berean Standard Bible
A strong wind was blowing, and the sea grew agitated.

Berean Literal Bible
The sea was agitated and a strong wind is blowing.

King James Bible
And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

New King James Version
Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing.

New American Standard Bible
In addition, the sea began getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing.

NASB 1995
The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

NASB 1977
And the sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

Amplified Bible
The sea was getting rough and rising high because a strong wind was blowing.

Christian Standard Bible
A high wind arose, and the sea began to churn.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then a high wind arose, and the sea began to churn.

American Standard Version
And the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But the sea rose up against them because a great wind was blowing.

Contemporary English Version
and a strong wind was making the water rough.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sea arose, by reason of a great wind that blew.

English Revised Version
And the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A strong wind started to blow and stir up the sea.

Good News Translation
By then a strong wind was blowing and stirring up the water.

International Standard Version
A strong wind was blowing, and the sea was getting rough.

Literal Standard Version
the sea also—a great wind blowing—was being raised,

Majority Standard Bible
A strong wind was blowing, and the sea grew agitated.

New American Bible
The sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

NET Bible
By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.

New Revised Standard Version
The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.

New Heart English Bible
The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

Weymouth New Testament
The Lake also was getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing.

World English Bible
The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.

Young's Literal Translation
the sea also -- a great wind blowing -- was being raised,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Jesus Walks on Water
17got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them. 18A strong wind was blowing, and the sea grew agitated. 19When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.…

Cross References
John 6:17
got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.

John 6:19
When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea--and they were terrified.


Treasury of Scripture

And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

Psalm 107:25
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

Psalm 135:7
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

Matthew 14:24
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

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John 6
1. Jesus feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes.
15. Thereupon the people would have made him king;
16. but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his disciples;
26. reproves the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word;
32. declares himself to be the bread of life to believers.
66. Many disciples depart from him.
68. Peter confesses him.
70. Judas is a devil.














(18) And the sea arose.--Better, was rising. The tense is still imperfect, describing the scene as it took place. The sea was then being agitated by the wind.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
A strong
μεγάλου (megalou)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.

wind
ἀνέμου (anemou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 417: The wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines. From the base of aer; wind; by implication, quarters.

was blowing
πνέοντος (pneontos)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 4154: To blow, breathe, as the wind. A primary word; to breathe hard, i.e. Breeze.

and
τε (te)
Conjunction
Strong's 5037: And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sea
θάλασσα (thalassa)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2281: Probably prolonged from hals; the sea.

grew agitated.
διεγείρετο (diegeireto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1326: To wake out of sleep, arouse in general, stir up. From dia and egeiro; to wake fully; i.e. Arouse.


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