New American Standard Bible 1995
Jonah 1:7-10
7EachH376 manH376 saidH559 to his mateH7453, “ComeH1980, let us 1castH5307 lotsH1486 so we may 2learnH3045 on whoseH4310 accountH7945 thisH2088 calamityH7463 has struck us.” So they castH5307 lotsH1486 and the 3lotH1486 fellH5307 on JonahH3124. 8Then they saidH559 to him, “4TellH5046 us, nowH4994! On whoseH4310 account has thisH2088 calamityH7463 struck us? WhatH4100 is your 5occupationH4399? And whereH370 do you comeH935 from? WhatH4100 is your countryH776? From whatH335H2088 peopleH5971 are you?” 9He saidH559 to them, “I am a 6HebrewH5680, and I 7fearH3372 the LordH3068 8GodH430 of heavenH8064 whoH834 9madeH6213 the seaH3220 and the dryH3004 landH3004.”
10Then the menH376 becameH3372 extremelyH3374H1419 frightenedH3372 and they saidH559 to him, “10HowH4100 could you doH6213 thisH2088?” For the menH376 knewH3045 that he was 11fleeingH1272 from the presenceH6440 of the LordH3068, becauseH3588 he had toldH5046 them.
Notes
- 1. Jonah 1:7 Josh 7:14-18; 1 Sam 10:20, 21; 14:41, 42; Acts 1:23-26 ↩
- 2. Jonah 1:7 Lit know ↩
- 3. Jonah 1:7 Num 32:23; Prov 16:33 ↩
- 4. Jonah 1:8 Josh 7:19; 1 Sam 14:43 ↩
- 5. Jonah 1:8 Gen 47:3; 1 Sam 30:13 ↩
- 6. Jonah 1:9 Gen 14:13; Ex 1:15; 2:13 ↩
- 7. Jonah 1:9 2 Kin 17:25, 28, 32, 33 ↩
- 8. Jonah 1:9 Ezra 1:2; Neh 1:4; Ps 136:26; Dan 2:18 ↩
- 9. Jonah 1:9 Neh 9:6; Ps 95:5; 146:6 ↩
- 10. Jonah 1:10 Lit What is this you have done ↩
- 11. Jonah 1:10 Job 27:22; Jon 1:3 ↩
Commentaries on Jonah 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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