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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:8

‘Then they said to him, “Tell us, we pray you, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation, and from where do you come? What is your country, and of what people are you?”

Convinced that they had now found the culprit they asked him to explain why this evil had come upon them, and in doing so asked him for details of his occupation, nationality and native land. They wanted to know what kind of a God they were dealing with..

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See also Jonah 1:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 8. _TELL US - FOR WHOSE CAUSE_] A very gentle method of bringing the charge home to himself, and the several questions here asked gave the utmost latitude to make the best of his own case....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TELL US, FOR WHOSE CAUSE - Literally “for what to whom.” It may be that they thought that Jonah had been guilty toward some other. The lot had pointed him out. The mariners, still fearing to do wrong,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Commission of the Prophet ,His Disobedience, and the Consequences _ 1. The commission (John 1:1) _ 2. The disobedience (John 1:3) 3. The consequences (John...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JONAH 1:1 TO JONAH 2:1; JONAH 2:10. JONAH VAINLY SEEKS TO EVADE THE MISSION TO WHICH GOD APPOINTS HIM. Jonah is bidden by Yahweh to proclaim judgment on Nineveh for its sin, but he hurries in the oppo...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FOR WHOSE CAUSE, &c.. for what cause. The lot had told them the person, but not the "cause". So they appeal to Jonah....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jonah's Punishment. The Storm and its consequences No sooner does Jonah decide upon his course of action and think himself now secure of its accomplishment, than God arrests him by the judgment of th...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _for whose cause_ The lot has detected Jonah, but they will not condemn him unheard. They will give him an opportunity of clearing himself, or like Achan (Joshua 7:19), of making confession with his o...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _WHY HAST THOU DONE THIS -- JONAH 1:4-10:_ God sent a very violent wind that was about to destroy the boat that Jonah was in. Jonah learned "the hard way" that it is a terrible mistake to run from God...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR WHOSE CAUSE— _Wherefore,_ or _on what account._ Houbigant....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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? THEN SAID T...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JONAH 2. Nineveh] the world-famous capital of Assyria, on the Tigris. For its wickedness cp. Nahum 3. 3. Jonah seeks to escape from the unwelcome task, both because he hates the N...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MAN WHO DISAGREED WITH GOD JONAH _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ INTRODUCTION The book does not say who wrote it. It is unlikely that Jonah was the author. This is because the story is not very favourable...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR WHOSE CAUSE... — The Hebrew idiom is peculiar, _on account of which to whom;_ but in this verse, when addressed by the sailors to the prophet, it is expressed in a more elegant form than when used...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו הַגִּידָה ־נָּ֣א לָ֔נוּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE GREAT REFUSAL John 1:1 WE have now laid clear the lines upon which the Book of Jonah was composed. Its purpose is to illustrate God's grace to the heathen in face of His people's refusal to fulfi...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In narrating his own experience on his mission to Nineveh, Jonah intended to teach his people the lesson of the inclusiveness of the divine government, and thus to rebuke their exclusive attitude towa...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The most cursory reader can hardly avoid seeing that Jonah has a peculiar place among the prophets. There is none more intensely Jewish; yet his prophecy was...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    After the lot fell on Jonah, they doubted not but that he was the guilty person, any more than if he had been a hundred times proved to be so: for why did they cast lots, except that they were persuad...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Introduction to Jonah Nineveh-which represents the world in its natural greatness, full of pride and iniquity, regardless of God and of His authority-had deserved the righteous judgment of God. This i...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN THEY SAID UNTO HIM, TELL US, WE PRAY THEE,.... They did not fall upon him at once in an outrageous manner, and throw him overboard; as it might be thought such men would have done, considering wh...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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? Ver....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Come, and let us cast lots_ “The sailors betake themselves to this practice, because they see that there is something supernatural in the tempest: whence they conclude that it arose on account of som...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us, who and what was responsible for this condition of affairs. WHAT IS THINE OCCUPATION? his business, which might ha...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JONAH'S COMMISSION AND FLIGHT...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-12 Jonah gave an account of his religion, for that was his business. We may hope that he told with sorrow and shame, justifying God, condemning himself, and explaining to the mariners what a great...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEN SAID THEY UNTO HIM; when the lot pointed out Jonah, these mariners all are satisfied that he was the man, that heaven had determined that grand inquiry, and accordingly they treat with him. TELL...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jonah 1:8 said H559 (H8799) tell H5046 (H8685) trouble H7451 occupation H4399 where H370 come H935 ...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jonah 1:1. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jonah's commission and effort to avoid God's will. Swallowed by a great fish. CHARACTERS: God, Jonah, seamen. CONCLUSION: Men may be distinctly called of God to proclaim His message, yet r...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jonah 1:1. _The word of the Lord came to Jonah._ The word of prophecy, delivered by Christ, the preëxistent Word, as appears from his reasoning with the prophet when angry that Nineveh was spared. Jon...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] JONAH 1:8. TELL] How urgent and earnest this examination! Fit questions for our own hearts! JONAH 1:9. HEBREW] A name by which an Israelite was known to foreigners (Genesis 40:15;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Jonah Now we come to that interesting prophet Jonah. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedne...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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