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Jonah 1:8

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו הַגִּידָה ־ נָּא לָנוּ בַּאֲשֶׁר לְמִי ־ הָרָעָה הַזֹּאת לָנוּ מַה ־ מְּלַאכְתְּךָ וּמֵאַיִן תָּבוֹא מָה אַרְצֶךָ וְאֵֽי ־ מִזֶּה עַם אָֽתָּה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

In Context

7וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל ־ רֵעֵהוּ לְכוּ וְנַפִּילָה גֽוֹרָלוֹת וְנֵדְעָה בְּשֶׁלְּמִי הָרָעָה הַזֹּאת לָנוּ וַיַּפִּלוּ גּֽוֹרָלוֹת וַיִּפֹּל הַגּוֹרָל עַל ־ יוֹנָֽה ׃

9וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם עִבְרִי אָנֹכִי וְאֶת ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲנִי יָרֵא אֲשֶׁר ־ עָשָׂה אֶת ־ הַיָּם וְאֶת ־ הַיַּבָּשָֽׁה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 47:3וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל ־ אֶחָיו מַה ־ מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל ־ פַּרְעֹה רֹעֵה צֹאן עֲבָדֶיךָ גַּם ־ אֲנַחְנוּ גַּם ־ אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ ׃

1 Samuel 14:43וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל ־ יוֹנָתָן הַגִּידָה לִּי מֶה עָשִׂיתָה וַיַּגֶּד ־ לוֹ יוֹנָתָן וַיֹּאמֶר טָעֹם טָעַמְתִּי בִּקְצֵה הַמַּטֶּה אֲשֶׁר ־ בְּיָדִי מְעַט דְּבַשׁ הִנְנִי אָמֽוּת ׃

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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