Jonah 1:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then they said to him, "Please tell us! Who is responsible for causing this trouble for us? What is your occupation, and where do you come from? What is your country, and of what people are you?"

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו הַגִּידָה־נָּ֣א לָ֔נוּ בַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר לְמִי־הָרָעָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לָ֑נוּ מַה־מְּלַאכְתְּךָ֙ וּמֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֔וֹא מָ֣ה אַרְצֶ֔ךָ וְאֵֽי־מִזֶּ֥ה עַ֖ם אָֽתָּה׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōmərû unto-him haggîḏāh-nāʾ to-us on-account-of-whom the-rāʿāh the-zōʾṯ to-us what-məlaʾḵtəḵā and-from-where tāḇôʾ what ʾarṣeḵā and-from-which ʿam you

Grammar Details

• *wayyōmərû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
• *haggîḏāh*: hiphil imperative masculine singular - tell/declare
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
• *rāʿāh*: noun feminine singular + definite article - evil/calamity
• *zōʾṯ*: demonstrative feminine singular + definite article - this
• *məlaʾḵtəḵā*: noun feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your occupation
• *tāḇôʾ*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you come
• *ʾarṣeḵā*: noun feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your land/country
• *ʿam*: noun masculine singular - people

Word Meanings

• *haggîḏāh*-*nāʾ*: please tell/inform us now
• *məlaʾḵtəḵā*: your occupation/work/business
• *ʾarṣeḵā*: your land/country/territory

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  The they said vnto hi tel vs for whose cause we are thus trowbled: what is thine occupacio whence comest thou how is thy cotre called and of what nacion art thou?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The sayde they vnto him: tell vs, for whose cause are we thus troubled? what is thine occupacion? whence commest thou? what countre man art thou, and of what nacion?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then said they vnto him, Tell vs for whose cause this euill is vpon vs? what is thine occupation? and whence commest thou? which is thy countrey? and of what people art thou?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then saide they vnto him: Tell vs for whose cause is this euill come vpon vs? what is thyne occupation? whence camest thou? what countrey man art thou, and of what nation?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they say unto him, `Declare to us, we pray thee, on what account this evil `is' on us? what `is' thine occupation, and whence comest thou? what `is' thy country, seeing thou art not of this people?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They said to him,“Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What’s your occupation? Where do you come from? What’s your country? And who are your people?”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 47:3 : 3 Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers, 'What is your occupation?' and they replied to Pharaoh, 'Your servants are shepherds, just as our fathers were.'
• 1 Sam 30:13 : 13 David asked him, "Who do you belong to, and where are you from?" He answered, "I am an Egyptian, the servant of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago because I fell ill."
• Josh 7:19 : 19 Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and give Him praise. Tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me."
• 1 Sam 14:43 : 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, 'Tell me what you have done.' So Jonathan told him, 'I merely tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand, and now I must die?'
• Jas 5:16 : 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful and effective.