Jonah 1:8

They said to him, “Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? ¹  What’s your occupation? Where do you come from? What’s your country? And who are your people?” ² 

Ge 47:3; Jos 7:19; 1Sa 14:43; 1Sa 30:13; Jas 5:16

¹ tn Heb “On whose account is this calamity upon us?”

² tn Heb “And from what people are you?”

sn Whose fault…What’s…Where…What’s… The questions delivered in rapid succession in this verse indicate the sailors’ urgency to learn quickly the reason for the unusual storm.