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.|


In Context

6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, |What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish.|

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.

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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9And 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.

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.