Jonah 1:10

Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, What is this that thou have done? For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of LORD, because he had told them.

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In The King James Version

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

In Context

9And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear LORD, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.

11Then they said to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13And LORD God said to the woman, What is this thou have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.

2 Samuel 24:3And Joab said to the king, Now LORD thy God add to the people, however many they may be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it, but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

Daniel 5:6Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him. And the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

John 19:8When Pilate therefore heard this word, he was more afraid.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 1:5-11

The Prophet in the Storm; The Prophet Convicted by the Lot. ( b. c. 840.) 4 But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. 6 So the ship-master came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O… Read the whole commentary →

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