Jonah 1:10

Then did the men revere with great reverence, and said unto him, What is it thou hast done? For the men knew that, away from the presence of Yahweh, he was fleeing,—for he had told them.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 unto them, A Hebrew, am I,—and, Yahweh, the God of the heavens, do, I, revere, him who made the sea, and the dry land.

11Then said they unto him, What shall we de to thee, that the sea may cease raging over us? For, the sea, was raging more and more.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13Then said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat.

2 Samuel 24:3Then said Joab unto the king—Yea, Yahweh thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and [suffer] the eyes of my lord the king, to see it,—but, my lord the king, wherefore doth he find pleasure in this thing?

Daniel 5:6Then, as for the king, his bright looks, changed in him, and, his thoughts, terrified him,—and, the joints of his loins, were loosed, and, his knees, smote, one against another.

John 19:8When, therefore, Pilate heard this word, he was the 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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