“Then they said
To Jonah.
‘Tell us!
Why has this calamity
Come upon us?
What is your occupation?
Where do you come from?
What is your country?
Of what people are you?’”
Now that Jonah had been chosen by lot, the other sailors began to question him. They wanted to know where this storm came from. They wanted to know why this calamity had come upon them. Then they began to ask Jonah personal questions. They wanted to know his occupation, what country he was from, and what was his nationality.