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.


In Context

6 So the ship-master came to him, and said to him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, it may be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

8 Then said they to him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thy occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

9 And 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.

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.

11 Then 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.

Jonah 1:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said unto them, I [am] an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry [land. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:9He answered, "I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord , the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land."

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear Jehovah, the God of the heavens, who hath made the sea and the dry land.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said to them: I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord the God of heaven, who made both the sea and the dry land.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven, who hath made the sea and the dry land.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9He said to them, |I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9And he saith unto them, 'A Hebrew I am, and Jehovah, God of the heavens, I am reverencing, who made the sea and the dry land.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said to them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which has made the sea and the dry land.