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Jonah 1:10b

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1:10Hearing this,56 the men became even more afraid57 and said to him, “What have you done?” (The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape58 from the Lord,59 because he had previously told them.60)

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  1. 56 Heb “Then the men feared …” The vav-consecutive describes the consequence of Jonah’s statement. The phrase “Hearing this” does not appear in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
  2. 57 Heb “The men feared a great fear.” The cognate accusative construction using the verb יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) and the noun יִרְאָה (yir’ah, “fear”) from the same root (ירא, yr’) emphasizes the sailors’ escalating fright: “they became very afraid” (see §10.2.1g).
  3. 58 Heb “fleeing.”
  4. 59 The first two times that Jonah is said to be running away from the Lord (1:3), Hebrew word order puts this phrase last. Now in the third occurrence (1:10), it comes emphatically before the verb that describes Jonah’s action. The sailors were even more afraid once they had heard who it was that Jonah had offended.
  5. 60 Heb “because he had told them.” The verb הִגִּיד (higgid, “he had told”) functions as a past perfect, referring to a previous event.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then the men were 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 the Lord, because he had told them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This 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.)

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the men were seized by a great fear and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew he was fleeing from the Lord’s presence because he had told them.

NLTNew Living Translation

The sailors were terrified when they heard this, for he had already told them he was running away from the Lord. “Oh, why did you do it?” they groaned.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him, “What is this you have done?” because they knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh (because he had told them).

KJV 1900King James Version

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.