Jonah 1:9

And he said to them: I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord the God of heaven, who made both the sea and the dry land.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

In Context

8And they said to him: Tell us for what cause this evil is upon us, what is thy business? of what country art thou? and whither goest thou? or of what people art thou?

10And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him: Why hast thou done this? (for the men knew that he fled from the face of the Lord: because he had told them.)

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Cross References

Genesis 14:13And behold one that had escaped told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt in the vale of Mambre the Amorrhite, the brother of Escol, and the brother of Aner: for these had made league with Abram.

Genesis 39:14And when the woman saw the garment in her hands, and herself disregarded,

2 Kings 17:28So one of the priests who had been carried away captive from Samaria, came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should worship the Lord.

Ezra 1:2Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord the God of heaven hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.

Ezra 7:12Artaxerxes king of kings to Esdras the priest, the most learned scribe of the law of the God of heaven, greeting.

Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,

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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