Jonah 1:8

New International Reader's Version

They asked him, “What terrible thing have you done to bring all this trouble on us? Tell us. What do you do for a living? Where do you come from? What is your country? What people do you belong to?”

Cross References

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What do you do for a living?” “We’re shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh. “And that’s what our fathers were.”

James 5:16

So confess your sins to one another. Pray for one another so that you might be healed. The prayer of a godly person is powerful. Things happen because of it.

Joshua 7:19

Joshua said to Achan, “My son, the Lord is the God of Israel. So give him glory and honor him by telling the truth! Tell me what you have done. Don’t hide it from me.”

1 Samuel 14:43

Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” So Jonathan told him, “I used the end of my stick to get a little honey and taste it. And now do I have to die?”

1 Samuel 30:13

David asked him, “Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?” The man said, “I’m from Egypt. I’m the slave of an Amalekite. My master deserted me when I became ill three days ago.