1:10a

The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them: Here the author gives the reason why the sailors were terrified, that is, because Jonah had told them that he was running away from the LORD. In the Berean Standard Bible, the result (they were even more afraid) is given first and then the reason (Jonah had told them he was running away from the LORD) is given. In the Display this has been reordered and the reason given first. Consider if it is more natural in your language to place the reason first or last.

1:10b

Then the men were even more afraid: The expression translated even more afraid is literally “they were afraid with a great fear.” 1:5 said that they were afraid; now their fear had increased.

1:10c

What have you done?: This is another rhetorical question. It showed that the sailors were terrified because Jonah had disobeyed God (Ellison, p. 372; Keil-Delitzsch, pp. 395–96).

If your language does not use rhetorical questions often or does not use them to blame someone for something, you will need to express the question as a statement. For example, see the second meaning line in 1:10c in the Display.

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