Jonah 1:7
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1:7The sailors said to one another,46 “Come on, let’s cast lots47 to find out48 whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us.49” So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.50
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- 46 Heb “And they said, a man to his companion.” The plural verb is individualized by “a man.”
- 47 The English word lots is a generic term. In some cultures the procedure for “casting lots” is to “draw straws” so that the person who receives the short straw is chosen. In other situations a colored stone or a designated playing card might be picked at random. In Jonah’s case, small stones were probably used.
- 48 In the ancient Near East, casting lots was a custom used to try to receive a revelation from the gods about a particular situation. The Phoenician sailors here cried out to their gods and cast lots in the hope that one of their gods might reveal the identity of the person with whom he was angry. has well captured the sentiment of v. 7b: “ ‘Let’s ask our gods to show us who caused all this trouble.’ It turned out to be Jonah.”
- 49 Heb “On whose account this calamity is upon us.”
- 50 Heb “the lot fell on Jonah.” From their questions posed to Jonah, it does not appear that the sailors immediately realize that Jonah was the one responsible for the storm. Instead, they seem to think that he is the one chosen by their gods to reveal to them the one responsible for their plight. It is only after he admits in vv. 9–10 that he was fleeing from the God whom he served that they realize that Jonah was in fact the cause of their trouble.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“Come on!” the sailors said to each other. “Let’s cast lots. Then we’ll know who is to blame for this trouble we’re in.” So they cast lots, and the lot singled out Jonah.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Then the crew cast lots to see which of them had offended the gods and caused the terrible storm. When they did this, the lots identified Jonah as the culprit.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots so that we may know on whose account this disaster has come on us!” And they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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