Jonah 1
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Jonah 1:8-10

8Then they said to him, “1Tell us, now! On whose account has this calamity struck us? What is your 2occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?” 9He said to them, “I am a 3Hebrew, and I 4fear the Lord 5God of heaven who 6made the sea and the dry land.”

10Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, “7How could you do this?” For the men knew that he was 8fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

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Notes

  1. 1. Jonah 1:8 Josh 7:19; 1 Sam 14:43 ↩
  2. 2. Jonah 1:8 Gen 47:3; 1 Sam 30:13 ↩
  3. 3. Jonah 1:9 Gen 14:13; Ex 1:15; 2:13 ↩
  4. 4. Jonah 1:9 2 Kin 17:25, 28, 32, 33 ↩
  5. 5. Jonah 1:9 Ezra 1:2; Neh 1:4; Ps 136:26; Dan 2:18 ↩
  6. 6. Jonah 1:9 Neh 9:6; Ps 95:5; 146:6 ↩
  7. 7. Jonah 1:10 Lit What is this you have done ↩
  8. 8. Jonah 1:10 Job 27:22; Jon 1:3 ↩

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