Jonah 1:10

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the 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 the LORD, the God of heaven, who hath made the sea and the dry land .

11Then said they to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

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Cross References

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

2 Samuel 24:3And Joab said to the king, Now the LORD thy God add to the people, how many soever they may be, a hundred-fold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it : but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

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

John 19:8When Pilate therefore heard that saying, 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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