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Jonah 1

Jonah 1:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
they unto him, Tell
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
is upon us; What is thine occupation
mla'kah (Hebrew #4399)
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
KJV usage: business, + cattle, + industrious, occupation, (+ -pied), + officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
Pronounce: mel-aw-kaw'
Origin: from the same as 4397
? and whence
'aiyn (Hebrew #370)
--where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
KJV usage: whence, where.
Pronounce: ah-yin'
Origin: probably identical with 369 in the sense of query (compare 336)
comest
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
thou? what is thy country
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
? and of what people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
art thou?

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Tell.
Josh. 7:19• 19And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. (Josh. 7:19)
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1 Sam. 14:43• 43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. (1 Sam. 14:43)
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James 5:16• 16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16)
What is thine.
Gen. 47:3• 3And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. (Gen. 47:3)
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1 Sam. 30:13• 13And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. (1 Sam. 30:13)
• The presence of a Christian, a saint of God (for every true Christian is truly “a saint”)—the presence of such a one should be a blessing to any company of people. He should be like a light shining in a dark place. (“Jonah 1: Jonah Rebels” by G.C. Willis)
• If a saint of God is walking in obedience, walking with his Lord, it should not be needful to ask such questions as these—they should be apparent to all men. (“Jonah 1: Jonah Rebels” by G.C. Willis)
• “What is thine occupation?” You may have heard of the man about whom it was said, “Yes, that man is a Christian, but he is not working at it.” How many of us are Christians, but not working at it! It would be hard for the world to know of some of us that our first occupation is to be down here to “the praise of His glory.” Eph. 1:14. (“Jonah 1: Jonah Rebels” by G.C. Willis)
• “And whence comest thou?” Very often we forget that we are “coming” from “the city of destruction,” and that the world from which we have come is already condemned, that we no longer are of it, but that now our citizenship is in heaven. (“Jonah 1: Jonah Rebels” by G.C. Willis)
• “What is thy country?” This is a common question in China. How often foreigners are asked, “What is your honorable country?” Can we truthfully reply, “My honorable country is heaven”? (“Jonah 1: Jonah Rebels” by G.C. Willis)
• “And of what people art thou?” May God help us never to be ashamed to say, “I am of the people of God. By God’s grace, I am a follower of the despised and rejected One, whom this world cast out and crucified.” (“Jonah 1: Jonah Rebels” by G.C. Willis)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they said 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?

W. Kelly Translation

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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?