- So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
- 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.
- Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
- And 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.
- Then 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.
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- 船主到他那里对他说,你这沉睡的人哪,为何这样呢。起来,求告你的神,或者神顾念我们,使我们不致灭亡。
- 船上的人彼此说,来吧,我们掣签,看看这灾临到我们是因谁的缘故。于是他们掣签,掣出约拿来。
- 众人对他说,请你告诉我们,这灾临到我们是因谁的缘故。你以何事为业。你从哪里来。你是哪一国,属哪一族的人。
- 他说,我是希伯来人。我敬畏耶和华,那创造沧海旱地之天上的神。
- 他们就大大惧怕,对他说,你做的是什么事呢。他们已经知道他躲避耶和华,因为他告诉了他们。
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