10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, |What is this that you have done?| For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.


In Context

7 They all said to each other, |Come, let us cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.| So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

8 Then they asked him, |Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?|

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

10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, |What is this that you have done?| For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

11 Then they said to him, |What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?| For the sea grew more and more stormy.

12 He said to them, |Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.|

Jonah 1:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:10Then 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:10This terrified them and they asked, "What have you done?" (They knew he was running away from the Lord , because he had already told them so.)

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, What is this thou hast done? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of Jehovah: for he had told them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:10And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him: Why hast thou done this? (for the men knew that he fled from the face of the Lord: because he had told them.)

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, What is this that thou hast done? For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Jehovah, because he had told them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, What is this that thou hast done? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:10Then 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:10And the men fear a great fear, and say unto him, 'What is this thou hast done!' for the men have known that from the face of Jehovah he is fleeing, for he hath told them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him. Why have you done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.