Verse 8
Jonah 1:8
New Living Translation
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“Why has this awful storm come down on us?” they demanded. “Who are you? What is your line of work? What country are you from? What is your nationality?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔י/ו הַגִּידָ/ה נָּ֣א לָ֔/נוּ בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר לְ/מִי הָ/רָעָ֥ה הַ/זֹּ֖את לָ֑/נוּ מַה מְּלַאכְתְּ/ךָ֙ וּ/מֵ/אַ֣יִן תָּב֔וֹא מָ֣ה אַרְצֶ֔/ךָ וְ/אֵֽי מִ/זֶּ֥ה עַ֖ם אָֽתָּה
English Translation
And they said to me, “Please tell us about the evil that has come upon us, what is your work, and where do you come from? What is your country, and from what people are you?”
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Chapter 1 Context
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The LORD gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai:
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But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the LORD. He went down to the p...
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But the LORD hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break t...
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So the captain went down after him. “How can you sleep at a time like this?” he shouted. “Get up and...
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Then the crew cast lots to see which of them had offended the gods and caused the terrible storm. Wh...
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8
“Why has this awful storm come down on us?” they demanded. “Who are you? What is your line of work?...
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Jonah answered, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD, the God (Elohim) of heaven, who made the sea...
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10
The sailors were terrified when they heard this, for he had already told them he was running away fr...
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11
And since the storm was getting worse all the time, they asked him, “What should we do to you to sto...
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“Throw me into the sea,” Jonah said, “and it will become calm again. I know that this terrible storm...
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13
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14
Then they cried out to the LORD, Jonah’s God (Elohim). “O LORD,” they pleaded, “don’t make us die fo...
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15
Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once!
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